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About Silver Mirrors

2022-09-30 15:52:00 0 comments

How to make a silver mirror on any surface except bare metal. We have 3 silver nitrate formulas for you to choose. Choose your kit based on the shape of the object you want to silver. 

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Angel Gilding = gold + silver

2022-09-29 16:16:00 0 comments

Angel Gilding is the chemical version of gold leaf gilding. The gold chemicals form a fragile layer of translucent gold. You can protect the gold with clear lacquer or add a layer of silver chemicals to create a perfect, seamless gold mirror. 

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About Copper Mirrors

2022-09-28 15:03:00 0 comments

COpper mirrors are bright pink on smooth glass and dark red on sandblasted glass. The process can be fiddely but the results can be amazing. 

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About Galena Mirrors

2022-09-27 15:11:00 0 comments

A mirror made with galena is dark - almost black - but perfectly reflective. If a silver mirror is too bright for your design then a galena mirror is the answer. 

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Working with Metal Layers

2022-09-26 15:22:00 0 comments

Do you want a dark silver miirror or a rose gold reflection? Use layers of different chemicals to acheive a range of colors. 

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About Spray Chrome

2022-08-31 22:36:00 0 comments

What is spray chrome? The hows and whys of making a mirrored surface on any type of opaque object. 

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Spray Chrome Troubleshooting Guide

2022-08-30 22:44:00 0 comments

Basic ways the spray chrome process can go wrong and how you can fix them. 

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Uni-Coat Mixing and Tinting Guide

2022-08-29 23:01:00 0 comments

Automatically calculate mixing instructions for spray chrome and tinted top coat. 

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Dipping Chrome

2022-08-28 16:12:00 0 comments

Dipping an object into a silver bath ensures that the silver covers the object without beading up.

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Mirroring Plastic

2022-08-27 16:06:00 2 comments

Wetting Agent causes water and water-based chemcals to flow over plastic without breaking or beading up. 

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Flaming the Base Coat

2022-08-26 22:51:00 0 comments

How and why passing a flame over the base coat allows the silver to adher and deposit evenly. 

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Electroplating and Powder Coating

2022-08-25 22:29:00 0 comments

You can use our silvering chemicals to coat a non-conductive surface in order to make it conductive. When the surface is conductive, you can then electorplate it or powder coat it. 

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Re-Silvering Old Mirrors

2022-07-30 16:21:00 0 comments

Yes, you can re-silver on old mirror yourself. We tell you how and what probelms to look out for. 

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Setting Mirror Tiles

2022-07-28 16:29:00 0 comments

How to apply mirrored tiles to a backsplash or any type of interior wall. 

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Sandblasting Mirrors

2022-07-27 16:36:00 0 comments

The different effects you get by mirroring over sandblasted glass. 

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How Safe is Mirroring?

2022-06-28 20:28:00 0 comments

All about the possible hazards of fumes, chemical burns and waste treatment 

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