About Us Our family business is dedicated to demystifying mirrors.
We began as Stained Glass Ltd. in the 80's searching for the lost origins of the double-sided gold mirrored glass that is unique to Chicago's Historic Bungalow stained glass windows. Close examination showed that this gold glass was not gold leaf, silvered amber glass or gold ceramic glaze.
After many trips to many libraries (in the pre-internet days) and many phone calls, we found Ri...
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I feel so lucky to have your Angel Gilding at my fingertips, you have always been such a huge part of my vision and succ...
Videos We have put our videos on one page to help you decide which kit is best for your project and to answer questions about some of our products. Mirror Kits Sheet Glass Mirror Kit Silver flat glass with
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Sheet Glass Mirror Kit Video Silver flat glass with Pouring Silver English Transcription of Video:
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There are four steps to forming a mirror on glass, cleaning the glass, sensitizing the glass, depositing the mirror, and protecting the mirror. With backing paint, we will show you how to clean, sensitize and silver. One square foot of flat glass. Set out your supplies so you can work in an orderly fashion. Adjust the rack so that the pins do not touch the edge of t...
Mini Silver Mirror Kit Video Our Basic & Bare Bones Kit to Silver Glass pieces English Transcription of Video:
Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're going through the process of re-silvering a mirror as well as answering those frequent questions about the process of Re-silvering. So we will go through step-by-step that process, but I did want to answer some of those questions first off. So we will have timestamps listed in the description bo...
Pump Spray Silver Kit Video Silver a wide range of pieces both glass and plastic with Spray Silver English Transcription of Video:
Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're going to be using our Pump Spray Kit. Now I'm really excited because this is one of the most versatile kits that we have and it really is the best way to create a production mirror environment in your smaller scale shop. This process is very similar to that that you see with the ...
Antique Factory Mirror Kit Video Silver flat glass with Pouring Silver English Transcription of Video:
Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're working with our Commercial Mirror Antiquing Kit. We can use this kit to create some really beautiful, unique antique effects on mirrors that you've purchased from a store. Now keep in mind that this kit is designed to be used with silver mirrors and that really is the first step is to figure out if you hav...
How To Antique an Aluminum Mirror Video Create a gentle metallic finish that pairs beautifully with mirroring. English Transcription of Video:
Hi thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding I'm Alix and today I'm really excited to show you a way to antique a mirror that you've purchased from a store this is a pretty straightforward process pretty much anybody can do it and we're going to show you step by step just how to get a really nice gentle antiquing effect with just a few pro...
Fine Line Silver Removal Kit Video Insert an image or transparent area in a purchased mirror English Transcription of Video:
Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're using the Fine Line Silver Removal Kit to remove a very specific section within a commercially made mirror. So we've got this mirror here, I just purchased this at a local home improvement store and we're going to be removing a specific area within it. Now, a lot of times people ask us...
Making a Mercury Mirror Lantern Video See our secret to making "mercury mirror" in a safe and fun way! English Transcription of Video:
Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today I've got a fun project for you. We are going to be working on transforming this lantern with a mercury mirror technique, so this is a pretty basic lantern. It's metal and glass and has an opening here for a candle or something like that. We just purchased this from a local craft st...
Technical Data Sheets & Spray Gun Manuals
Our TDS (technical data sheets) provide detailed information about a specific product including mixing and storage instructions as well as testing results. Please contact us if there is any additional information you need. We also include the manufacturers' manuals for our compressed air guns in case you lose the one that came in the box.
Technical Data Sheets
Metal Primer Technical Data Sheet
Silver & Reducer Technic...
