The construction of a mirror in a crafts, without the use of machinery. For making two solutions, one of which contains silver nitrate, ammonia and distilled water – and the other with sodium potassium tartrate dissolved in distilled water. When these solutions are mixed,, generated silver liquid in pure form. The chemical reactions between the solutions sequester silver, maintaining the liquid long enough to be applied to the glass sheet. The mixture should be poured onto clean glass, when frozen is uniformly bonded to the surface. The quality of the mirror formed in this way will depend largely on how clean is the glass.

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1. Åke Persson says:

   17/01/2024 at 14:20

   Hello
   Is doing various experiments to ultimately create 3-dimensional sculptures in different materials. Has various tools including an oven for casting glass and with this I want to create a shape to apply the layer that creates a mirror effect. This video I finally found that describes a technique. However, it does not appear to be suitable for a form other than flat glass with very low viscosity. Is there the opportunity to create a more viscous fluid in any way. The idea is not to create a perfect mirror, rather an application that gives an exciting light effect. All info is of interest!!!

   

   

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