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Save desilvering mirror edges? Alexander Miller 12-09-2007
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Posted by Alexander Miller on December 9, 2007, 1:12 pm
I have a large wall mirror in our bathroom, secured with the usual
clips. In places the bottom has desilvering or blackening about 1.5
inches up from the edge.

I intend to cover the edges with wood framing to hide the bad spots,
but it would be good to find a way of "stopping the rot." Does anyone
have experience with a product I can safely use to seal the bad parts
of the silvering before I cover them?

Thanks, Alexander.
(My mail is at shaw.ca and you can call me fony.)
Alexander

AppliancePartsPros.com, Inc.
Posted by Phisherman on December 9, 2007, 2:45 pm

>I have a large wall mirror in our bathroom, secured with the usual
>clips. In places the bottom has desilvering or blackening about 1.5
>inches up from the edge.
>
>I intend to cover the edges with wood framing to hide the bad spots,
>but it would be good to find a way of "stopping the rot." Does anyone
>have experience with a product I can safely use to seal the bad parts
>of the silvering before I cover them?
>
>Thanks, Alexander.
>(My mail is at shaw.ca and you can call me fony.)
>Alexander

The mirror was not properly sealed and it will continue to decay over
time. Replacement seems most practical and probably most economical.

Posted by Ken on December 9, 2007, 3:14 pm
Alexander Miller wrote:
> I have a large wall mirror in our bathroom, secured with the usual
> clips. In places the bottom has desilvering or blackening about 1.5
> inches up from the edge.
>
> I intend to cover the edges with wood framing to hide the bad spots,
> but it would be good to find a way of "stopping the rot." Does anyone
> have experience with a product I can safely use to seal the bad parts
> of the silvering before I cover them?
>
> Thanks, Alexander.
> (My mail is at shaw.ca and you can call me fony.)
> Alexander
        For what it is worth, I had the same thing happen and used fingernail
polish to stop the progress of the de-silvering. I think I had read it
was moisture that was the culprit.

Posted by Alexander Miller on December 9, 2007, 3:52 pm
Thanks for the info. Do you think the nail polish has been successful,
and how long ago did you apply it?


::        For what it is worth, I had the same thing happen and used fingernail
::polish to stop the progress of the de-silvering. I think I had read it
::was moisture that was the culprit.

Alexander

Posted by Ken on December 9, 2007, 6:09 pm
Alexander Miller wrote:
> Thanks for the info. Do you think the nail polish has been successful,
> and how long ago did you apply it?
>
>
> ::        For what it is worth, I had the same thing happen and used fingernail
> ::polish to stop the progress of the de-silvering. I think I had read it
> ::was moisture that was the culprit.
>
> Alexander
        I applied it something like twenty years ago, and there has been no
further deterioration of the silvering. Was it luck or the the nail
polish? I don't know, but I am betting on the nail polish.

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