Where to buy 2 way mirror in USA

Bones · Feb 16, 2017, 1:31 PM

WOW Great information from everyone, thank you all for the help :) time to do a little more research.

spacevolt · Mar 4, 2017, 7:48 PM

@psm9 would you say the 3/16 thickness is better than the 1/8? Or do they both have the same amount of fun house effect?

psm9 · Mar 4, 2017, 8:26 PM

@spacevolt
the 3/16 is better. There’s still a bit of distortion, but noticeably less than the 1/8. I’d go with that

The 1/4 inch from twowaymirrors.com is a bit better than that, but is the most expensive.

creo519 · Apr 9, 2018, 7:55 PM

I would avoid ordering from TAP plastics… Would not recommend this company. Shipment came damaged and was painful to deal with them.
Ended up costing me over $200 extra to pay shipping and duties twice on a poor quality item.
Even UPS called them to correct their shipping invoice to reflect as replacement item and was shocked TAP plastic refused to make correction.
Horrible customer service.

bhepler · Apr 10, 2018, 5:01 PM

@creo519 - I’m sorry to hear that. My experience with TAP Plastics was a positive one.

maxx · Apr 12, 2018, 1:11 PM

Has anyone had any luck with a very large acrylic mirror from one of these vendors?

I want a 51" x 34" mirror (in front of a 60" TV) above a vanity in a bathroom.

I realize the ideal solution would be a vanitymirror from twowaymirrors.com, as it’s glass, but they want $1750+ before shipping. I just can’t justify such a huge chunk of cash for what was supposed to be a small detail in our bathroom update. I really don’t understand why they’re so expensive – especially when they charge ~$725 for the equivalent size “two way mirror” which is not a “smart mirror”. $1000 different to go from 70/10 transparency to 70/30? wtf.

I see ~$415 for tap plastic’s thickest acrylic option @ 3/16in
and ~$584 for twowaymirrors acrylic at @ 1/4in

heading to a local glass place today as well to see what they can do as well.

I was just wondering if anyone has success stories with acrylic this size. I realize I’m taking a gamble on the thing looking like a fun house. I can probably live with the potential scratching/maintenance aspect of it, but funhouse is a no-go.

creo519 · Apr 12, 2018, 1:36 PM

@maxx

The mirror I had ordered from TAP plastics was acrylic 3/16 - 60x30 in front of a 48 inch display. This will be a full length mirror for bathroom… I have placed the TV into a door and putting the mirror framed on front. I have not fully installed the mirror yet but I can definitely tell there is a fun house effect. Our vanity mirror will be a regular mirror so I’m not too concerned this additional mirror having a little fun house effect. TAP plastics has been a horrible experience to work with as their packaging to send the mirror is not overly protected on the sides of the mirror. The mirror came to me scratched and they had sent a replacement. TAP plastics had left me on the hook to pay additional brokerage and duties (being in canada) again on the replacement. So in the end I had paid over $700 for this mirror. On the original mirror I tried repairing some of the scratches and cleaning it… impossible… the mirror film scratches very easily and cleaning even with a microfibre rag will leave swirling over time. Knowing all this now … and this being a permanent installation into our bathroom… I wish I had spent the extra money to have it glass so I won’t ever need to replace.

maxx · Apr 13, 2018, 12:41 PM

Thanks for the tips. After reading this comment and some others, I think staying away from acrylic altogether is the right move, as it’s the main vanity mirror.

I got another sample from a local glass place…to cover the 60" tv, it’s ~$650 for a normal “one way” glass. Unfortunately it still lets a a noticeably less amount of light from the screen and has a bit of an unhealthy looking green tint when compared to the $1750 twowaymirrors.com vanityvision.

I just can’t believe they’re the only company making mirrors specifically targeted for this use. I guess that’s why they can charge thousands of dollars. bummer.

vaju0503 · Jun 6, 2018, 6:46 PM

Went to my local glass store as well they had a few options an 18x24 sheet of glass was around $120. It was called mirrorpane but I haven’t purchased it yet because it is quite expensive. For sure check your local glass shops I’m sure they can do much cheaper than twowaymirrors.com

twowaymirrors · Jun 6, 2018, 5:19 PM

Hey! Just saw this post and am super excited that we were recommended as a vendor here for the project. I just created a post that details a the mirror types people can find on our website and compares the reflection, transparency, budget and shipping concerns.
https://www.twowaymirrors.com/how-to-choose-your-smart-mirror/

We do ship worldwide, fully insured and if something breaks during transit we replace immediately.

Just a quick note on the acrylic based on our findings:
The maximum size we recommend for 1/4" thick acrylic is 24" x 48", any larger than that will be bendy. Some of our customers have tried to use 30" x 50" ish sizes with an IR Touch Overlay and ended up having to switch to glass because it literally interfered with the overlay and wouldn’t work.

For 1/8" acrylic we recommend 12" x 24" or smaller for the best look.

& I’m beaming because I finally convinced the higher ups to offer affordable sizes on the Dielectric Mirror. No one else in the US carries this glass and the display quality is the absolute best on the market while still offering a really nice reflection quality.

Really looking forward to being active in the forum if people are still around to see what questions people have and what kind of need there is for video content on how to create these mirrors.

—Krista