A victorian beveled edge piece of glass needs resilvering.
It is 18x60 inches.
Can anybody advise the rough cost of this please?
I am prepared to DIY if I can still get the chemicals to do it.
Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
Very much so!
Thanks :))
Even at that size and bevelled, price up a replacement -- it's probably cheaper. I don't know anyone who would re-silver a 60" mirror and it's bigger than I'd do myself, even though I've got all the chemistry to hand and a supply of free silver [*].
My usual plug is for Roman Glass in Bristol / Bath as good suppliers for new glass of this type. They're well-priced and competent on things like bevelling, drilling, odd-shaped cuts and drilling. I wonder if they've got the new disks for my Wimshurst machine ready yet? 8-)
[*] For sufficently envy-based values of "free". Mary might guess where from 8-)
This is the exact sort of hands-on stuff I wanted :))
They are a couple of miles from me. I went past them this afternoon. :))
And a happy snap-crackle-pop to you. :))
I think I will make you the definitive source and stop here.
Many thanks. :))
Be very careful. You can end up making a nice bang (silver fulminate IIRC, its 25 years since I silvered a telescope mirror).
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It's hard to see where the carbon would come from if you'd taken the trouble to get the mirror nice and clean.
Moving into the future, Andy?
I'm not telling!
Mary
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