Acrylic mirrors

[ss]

Anyone got experience of these. I like the fact they are light and safe with having no glass. However my main concern would be are they easily scratched? and is the reflection a good quality.

[tabbypurr]

yes

yes, indistinguishable from glass.

NT

[alan_m]

In general they are OK and robust. In very bright sunlight I've found a couple I have can look slightly milky (very slight haze behind the surface). Other than that they have a good quality reflection and I've not managed to scratch the surface when cleaning with random rags, dusters, toilet paper etc.

Being light, even with a frame, I have a very large mirror in my bathroom attached to the tiles with 6 off 3M 'verco' type fasteners. Example at random from Ebay

[Brian Gaff]

Hmm, well back when they first came out they seemed rather bendy to me, and did crack. the reflection was OK, but my Mother complained she looked kind of brown in it compared to glass. Probably a lot better nowadays though. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

[Martin Brown]

Only if you rub them with abrasives. Obviously perspex is softer than glass so you do have to be kinder to it. Metal polish will remove any minor scratched at the expense of a lot of elbow grease.

Good enough unless you are planning to make a telescope mirror.

Glass mirrors are not all that difficult to work with either.

[ss]

Thanks all for the feedback, as they are quite cheap compared to glass I am going to get an A3 size as a tester, put that up and see how SHE gets on with it re suitability and how many days before she manages to scratch it.

[Martin Brown]

The thing you tend not to get with perspex mirrors are bevelled edges or for that matter sometimes even polished ones.