[TheForge] Re: Nitric acid/ mirror repair

[Darrell]

Just a wild thought, but don't some photographic processes work by
dissolving silver?
Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Nitric acid/ mirror repair


> 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>
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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