About Silver Mirrors

Silver mirrors reflect an object's true colors because they reflect all wavelengths of light. Your bathroom mirror and the rear view mirror in your car are made with silver. You can silver any substrate except bare metal. You can silver wood, glass, plastic or glazed ceramic. Silver by itself does not make a surface look like a mirror. The surface that you silver must be as glossy as possible - as shiny as glass. For more information see Mirroring Plastics.

Silver mirrors are easy to make:
	Starting with silver helps you refine your technique You can easily identify problems because you know what a silver mirror should look like. Silver only needs one sensitizer - Tin for Silver You must sensitize the glass before you mirror it. Silver deposits faster than other metals Pouring Silver deposits on the glass in 5 minutes. Spray Silver deposits almost instantly.

Pouring Silver or Spray Silver?
We have two different silver formulas. The chemical reaction in Pouring Silver takes 5 minutes to complete. The chemicals in Spray Silver react as soon as you mix the activated silver and reducer together.

Pouring Silver:

• The slower reaction time allows you to control the process
• You have time to "antique" the silver while it is forming
• You can get an even deposit inside a glass container
• There is no over-spray or mist in the air
• The front surface (the silvered side) is less reflective than Spray Silver
• It can be difficult to produce a uniform deposit on large sheets of glass

Spray Silver:

• Spraying produces a more uniform deposit over a large area
• The front surface (the silvered side) is brilliantly reflective
• You can mirror any size or shape or texture
• You need a dedicated workshop and an air compressor to use Spray Guns
• You do not need an air compressor to use our Pump Spray Silver or Drip Silver Kits

What shape is your glass?
Chose a kit based on the shape of the object you want to mirror. Go to our Videos page to see the kits in action.

	Flat (sheet) Glass	Curved Glass	Small Objects	Inside a Container	Front Surface Silver (Spray Chrome)
Pouring Silver	Sheet Glass Kit Mini Kit	not suitable	3-D Glass Kit Mini Kit	Blown Glass Kit	not suitable
Spray Silver	Pump Spray Spray Guns	Drip Silver Pump Spray Spray Guns	Drip Silver	not suitable	Drip Silver Pump Spray Spray Guns

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