(Group interest?) Mirror resilvering

[rfkellner@snet.net (Rick Kellner)]

How easily can the mirrors be removed and replaced?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nate Mellom" <bronson@inwave.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano1@comcast.net>
Cc: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: (Group interest?) Mirror resilvering


> I should clarify....
> I didn't resilver my mirrors, I spent money on junkyard replacements.  I 
> have all my old ones in the basement.  The quality will be as good as 
> new, the system completely strips off the backing paint and old silver 
> and gets to bare glass.  Then I polish the glass, treat (flux) it so the 
> silver adheres to it, resilver it (with real silver, just like the 
> original), and apply the backing paints so the silver doesn't oxidize. 
>  As long as the backing paints don't fail they should last forever.
> I'm doing a couple customers mirrors on Monday (actually a 16x24 beveled 
> edge and a rear view from a '67 El Camino that a guy is restoring), I'll 
> take pics and share them so everyone can see.
> Nate
> '81
> '84
> 
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