First Surface Mirror – Still A Very Delicate Job

Today I’ve  given it another try with a full sized mirror. After yesterdays euphoria about turpentine, I did expect this procedure to become a bit less nerve wrecking than the time before. But no. It is one thing to succeed on a piece of off cut acrylic, but a completely other to washing off the back coating of a large sized mirror. Nevertheless have I been very lucky today. I damaged the reflective surface just exactly above the measurements I need for my set up and after inhaling heaps of turps i finally ended up with a relatively good result. The large one stil needs to be prepared though and I am a bit nervous just thinking about it. Here’s the result:

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