Pilkington mirror and Silicone

johnnyboy

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Mykle1

@johnnyboy

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Hell yeah! I’m a fan. I gotta set up my signature now. I can’t have you doing something I’ve not already done. :wink:

johnnyboy

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broberg

@johnnyboy well, Really? I have a pilkington mirropane chrome, I’m gluing the aluminum frame on the outside with epoxy. But then again the frame covers the area that is glued.
And I intend to cover the entire back of the mirror panel with vinyl except for where the screen is, obviously.

So I shouldn’t see anything except the reflection when in normal conditions.

johnnyboy

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broberg

@johnnyboy I suppose the 50/50 mirror has a really high light transmission, and in that case I think it would shine through. But If you keep the glue/silicone under the cover frame You shouldn’t see it at all.

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broberg

@johnnyboy How about a L profile frame (10mm by 10mm?) in stainless steel?
Should be easy enough to weld the edges and then just drop the mirror in and fixate it with som small tabs?

That way no silicone or glue is needed, and If by unfortunate event the mirror is broken, it would be easy peasy just dropping a new one in.

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broberg

@johnnyboy if you do a good seem on the outside and grind it down flush I think it still would have enough bond left to hold the frame together.

I’m going all epoxy glue and hope it holds, my 120x60cm 6mm mirror also has a bit of weight :D

I went with a 15x40mm aluminium L profile, inside that I’ll glue a wooden mdf frame to the profiles so I’m counting on that the amount of glued surface will make it hold together.

I have the profiles glued to the mirror as of now, and hopefully I will have the mdf frame made and bonded today.

Here is a potato picture of the frame now :

Quick note, I’m not going to apply glue on the side with the coating since I was told by my Glass guy that some coating and some glues doesn’t like each other, didn’t want to risk it. Even if the coated side have slightly better reflection propertys.