[TheForge] Re: Nitric acid/ mirror repair

[terry l. ridder]

hello bob;

i have all ready placed the antique mirror in front of the new 1/8"
mirror. the etched flowers show up but the vines and leaves do not show
up in good detail. the vines and leaves are where most of the silver
remains.

since both mirrors are very close to being perfectly flat it is
difficult to separate the mirrors when they are placed together. after
the first time i did this i placed thin strips of paper on the edges
between the two mirrors to allow easy separation.

btw, i will whitelist your e-mail address.

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:

bob> 
bob> Terry,
bob> 
bob> Have you tried putting the new mirror behind the old one without removing
bob> the silver form the detailed sections?  It may look good with all the flat
bob> areas cleaned and the details silvered, I would suspect that if you do
bob> remove the silver from these areas you may loose the details when putting
bob> the new mirror behind it.
bob> 
bob> You may want to do a test before spending so much time in a direction that
bob> may give you less that great results.
bob> 
bob> Robert Ehrenberger
bob> Shelbyville, Mo.
bob> 

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