If you have a telescope tube that's gotten nicked, dinged, bad paint job, etc. etc. there are several ways to refurbish it. I have tried manually stripping and repainting telescope tubes, and I also had one tube powder-coated.
But this one has got to be the easiest yet, and it doesn't look too bad. I purchased a 1 metre length X 1.7 metre width fake carbon fibre wrap (generally used on car bonnets) for $25 from a car detailing shop in Yishun.
It took about 30 minutes to cut out the right size and stick it on to the telescope tube (the wrap is self-adhesive). It doesn't look bad at all!
I then poked holes in the wrap for the screws using a hot soldering iron (although I had to manually cut out the focuser hole with a box cutter).
Fake carbon fibre wrap as telescope tube spiffer-upper
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Re: Fake carbon fibre wrap as telescope tube spiffer-upper
Nice! Orly, can you show us the part where both ends of the wrap meets? I believe that will be the tricky part.
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Re: Fake carbon fibre wrap as telescope tube spiffer-upper
^overlap the ends slightly and arrange it at the direction less seen.
For cars they use hairdryer to maneuver the vinyl around tricky curves.
For cars they use hairdryer to maneuver the vinyl around tricky curves.