Bathroom Magic Mirror

PaulB

WOW! That looks so professional. Great work. Hope you have a lot of fun with the mirror :)

qu1que

Wow!! I like your mirror a lot. Impressive the final result. What are the buttons for?

spitzlbergerj

@qu1que Thanks a lot for your post.

The bottom button boots the Raspberry in a safe way (without simply turning off the power)

The top button controls the lights in the bathroom via a homematic webservice.

PaulB

@spitzlbergerj
I love your work. Could you recommend any tipps on how to build a mirror in the bath? I would like to do this as my next project. So are there any Best Practices regarding any silicone or electronics?.
Greetings from Germany :)

spitzlbergerj

@paulb Hallo Paul,
das Silicon, das ich verwendet habe, habe ich im Post angegeben. Der Spionspiegel verlangt ein spezielles Silicon (neutralvernetzend), damit die Beschichtung nicht angelöst wird. Und ansonsten habe ich Standard-Komponenten verwendet. Durch die Lüftungsöffnungen erhoffe ich mir eine bessere Belüftung. Bisher konnte ich keine Probleme feststellen.
Grüße
Sepp

lavolp3

@spitzlbergerj Impressive mirror!
Especially like the lighting solution.
What glass did you use? (also from Germany here)
What is the material you have used for the backplate?

spitzlbergerj

Hi @lavolp3,
I bought the LED light bar here
As described in the last section of the article, I purchased the mirror from Glas-Star.de and the Aluminium composite panel (ACP - german: Alu Dibond) from plattenzuschnitt24.de as my backplate.

The Aluminium composite panel is 4 mm thick and serves as a “black background” and as a mounting surface for all installations. It also stiffens the wooden frame on which I screwed the plate.
greetings
Sepp

lavolp3

@spitzlbergerj OK so you’re using the Mirropane Chrome Spy there I assume.
Going to order that as well since I have the feeling it’s the best glass for a well lit bath.

Thanks for the Alu Dibond tip.

PaulB

@spitzlbergerj Moin Sepp, danke für dein Feedback.
Werde es mal meiner Freundin vorschlagen… vllt wird das ja was :-D

Viele Grüße aus Hamburg,
Paul

michael5r

@spitzlbergerj Super nice build!

If you don’t mind, a couple of questions:

Seeing that you screwed the Dibond panel into the wood frame, did you cover up the screw holes afterwards or are they just not visible through the glass?
I didn’t see any brackets or bracing in the photos, so how are you actually holding the monitor in place?

Thanks!