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How to Scallop Your Glass Video Transcript Scalloping allows you to produce an unusual edge on glass by hand. English Transcription of Video: Today I'm going to show you how to create an old fashioned brilliantly scalloped edge on glass. Okay? First we're going to talk about the scalloper itself. I'll show you the different parts of the tool. You can see that it's flat, so we can clamp it in a vice. It has a pegboard hook, very handy. It has a tool bit up here. Very impor...

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...

Step-by-Step Illustrated Instructions Print a copy of our step-by-step illustrated instructions to have at your bench. To download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader click  here Mirror Kits Building A Large Mirroring Bench How To Remove the Silver Coating On a Mirror How To Silver 3-D Glass Objects How to Silver Inside a Glass Container How To Silver Sheet Glass Spray Chrome Instructions - Master Kit Spray Silvering Instructions Usin...

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 Pouring Silver See video transcript here ...

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 Remove Mirror Backing Paint I Using Multi-Strip Video See how we remove the backing paint from a factory mirror. English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today's project is all about how to remove the backing paint off of your mirror. Now if you want to antique a commercial mirror that you've purchased or you want to insert an image into a mirror, the first step is going to be removing that backing paint. Now, it's import...

Treating Mirror Waste Video Learn how to safely and easily dispose of mirror waste water English Transcription of Video: Hi guys. Alix here from Angel Gilding. I've just finished up my most recent mirroring project and I noticed that my waste treatment bucket here has gotten pretty full. So I thought this was a good opportunity for me to show you the waste treatment process. Now it's really important that you take the time to treat your mirror waste. There are heavy metals w...

Vinyl Mask and Mirroring Video Learn how to further protect your mirror from tarnishing English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're going to be working with Vinyl Mask to make some really unique mirrored glass art. Now, when I started working with vinyl, I felt pretty intimidated. I thought that it was going to be a very complex process and I really prepared myself for the worst, but I've got to say I was pretty surpris...

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...

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Quick Tip: Galvanic Copper For Mirroring Learn how to further protect your mirror from tarnishing. English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix. And today's quick tip is all about the galvanic copper backing. Now, galvanic copper is what we call a sacrificial metal, which makes it different than the other mirror layers that you'll see. And basically, when I say sacrificial metal, what I mean is on the back of many silver mirrors is a cop...

Safety Data Sheets An SDS is a Safety Data Sheet - the new form of an MSDS or Material Safety Data Sheet. These documents provide a globally harmonized format for the information needed to ensure the safety of workers, transport officials and anyone else using and handling the chemicals they describe. How to Find an SDS or MSDS: We sell our products in many different sizes but the content of the bottle or jar is the same. To find the Safety Data Sheet for the contents, look for the alpha-numeri...

New Silver Antiquing Series Part: 4 Video Part four of six: SNC Crystals English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're continuing on with our new Silver Antiquing series. We're going to be working with SNC Crystals today. If you haven't been following along with the series, we have been going over the different antique and compounds that we carry. In our first video, we talked about the basic process of creating an antiqu...

Drip Silver Kit Video A unique way to use Spray Silver on irregular pieces. English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're going to be using our Drip Silver Kit. Now this process of drip silver is probably one of the most unique ways to create a silver mirror, and that's because you're using spray silver chemicals with a siphon table. So for today's project, we're going to be using this glass bowl here, and I wanted to men...

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...

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New Silver Antiquing Series Part: 2 Video Part two of six: LS Gel English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today is part two of our new silver antiquing series. Today we're going to be delving into using LS Gel and LS Gel is found in our new silver antigen kit and there is also a designated kit for LS Gel and you'll see how we use those components in just a little bit. LS Gel is something that you would always want to dilute. So...

New Silver Antiquing Series Part: 3 Video Part three of six: PFC Crustals English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, And today we are continuing on with our new Silver and Ticking series. We are now into part three, which is PFC Crystals. Our first video, we introduced the process of antiquing a mirror and worked with Baso. Our second part was all about l S gel. Four different ways to do that and today we are going to be delving in...

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New Silver Antiquing Series Part: 5 Video Part five of six: THR Crystals English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we're continuing on with our new silver antiquing series. Today we'll be exploring THR Crystals. THR is a form of sulfur that is odorless and we are going to be exploring two different ways to use THR crystals during the antiquing process. Now, both times we are going to be working with pouring silver, but you'...

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New Silver Antiquing Series Part: 6 Video Part six of six: Whiting English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we are completing our New Silver Antiquing Series. We are going to be working with Whiting, which is an inert powder. So what that means is that the whiting isn't actually chemically interfering or interrupting the silver. It's physically blocking the silver from deposit. So this is one of those products that you rea...

Blown Glass Mirror Kit Video Silver the inside of a Blown Glass Object English Transcription of Video: (00:10): Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we are going to be mirroring a blown glass object, in particular these beautiful blown glass pumpkins. Now as you can see, I went ahead and mirrored this piece already. I used our silver mirror, but I did some fun techniques here. You can see a little bit of it from here, but if you wanted some up clo...

Sheet Glass Mirror Kit Video Silver flat glass with Pouring Silver English Transcription of Video: (00:00): 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...

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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 ...

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...

Galena Mirror Kit Video Using the 3D Kit with Galena to mirror a rondel English Transcription of Video: [Music] Hi thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding I'm Alix and today we are talking and working with Galena mirror now Galena is the ancient term used to describe lead sulfide which is the chemical that we will be depositing onto our glass today Galena mirror is a rich dark color it's often called pewter hematite cobalt it transmits about 35% of available light and it's a re...

New Silver Antiquing Kit Video An introduction to ways to antique a mirror you make yourself. English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we are kicking off our video series on new silver antiquing. Now there's a lot of different ways to make antique mirrors and we separate them into two main categories. We have what's called commercial mirror antiquing and new silver antiquing. Commercial mirror antiquing refers to the proce...

New Silver Antiquing Series Part: 1 Video Part one of six: Baso Powder English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding. I'm Alix, and today we are kicking off our video series on new silver antiquing. Now there's a lot of different ways to make antique mirrors and we separate them into two main categories. We have what's called commercial mirror antiquing and new silver antiquing. Commercial mirror antiquing refers to the process of purchasing a comm...

Bench Kit Tour Video A quick tour over the workhorse of any mirroring setup. English Transcription of Video: Hi, thanks for stopping by, Angel Gilding. I'm Alix and I wanted to take some time today to show you the bench kit. It's a very useful thing to have in your mirroring shop. Now there's a lot of different components. Let's take a look. First, you can see here our cleaning mat. This is really useful because it gives you a designated spot that you know is clean. And as w...

3D Glass Mirror Kit Video Silver small, irregular glass objects English Transcription of Video: [Music] Hi thanks for stopping by Angel Gilding I'm Alix and today our project is re-silvering this concave automotive mirror we're going to be using our 3d Glass Mirror Kit and this kit is designed specifically to silver non-flat kind of a regular small pieces so in general there's two basic ways to create a silver mirror you can do the spray silver process or the pouring silver ...

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  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...