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by **mcha9797** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:20 pm

I was looking around for something to repair glass reflectors, and came across this paint.

http://www.createforless.com/Krylon+Loo ... nQodCkIAWQ

Has anyone used a similar product? How well does it work?

by **jab8356** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:41 pm

This is my first knowledge of such a product. You might have to try it and let us all know how it works out. I'm skeptical.

by **pyth** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:13 pm

Any piece of glass that has an easy access to the back could be turned into a wonderful craft project.

Sounds like if you sprayed it onto a reflector, it would be applied backwards.

Edit:

by **vaughn** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:32 pm

I'm wondering how or what you'd soak the glass reflector in in order to remove what's there now. Is it silver? How do you get the silver off the back side of the reflector so you can start with a clear glass reflector.

by **mcha9797** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:34 pm

pyth wrote:
Any piece of glass that has an easy access to the back could be turned into a wonderful craft project.

Sounds like if you sprayed it onto a reflector, it would be applied backwards.

Edit:

I was thinking of using this on the back side of the reflector after I clean up the bad area to bare glass. It say's to "spray on reverse side of glass".

Just thought that someone had maybe tried a product similar to this, it may be worth a try??

by **jab8356** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:34 pm

vaughn wrote:I'm wondering how or what you'd soak the glass reflector in in order to remove what's there now. Is it silver? How do you get the silver off the back side of the reflector so you can start with a clear glass reflector.

The silver is the mirror material and there is a protective coating of some type applied on top of the silver. There are chemicals (I don't know what kind) that remove the protective coating and the old silver.

by **pyth** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:37 pm

mcha9797 wrote:I was thinking of using this on the back side of the reflector after I clean up the bad area to bare glass.

Ah, I didn't know some reflectors could be cleaned enough to make them pure glass. That's cool.

by **mcha9797** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:30 pm

I'm going to try it, the bad area was easily removed with a razor blade, and a 3M pad to clean up the rest. It's going to be a few days before I will be able to try this.

Here's some before pictures, and I'll post the results later.

by **Sky Chief** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:35 pm

vaughn wrote:I'm wondering how or what you'd soak the glass reflector in in order to remove what's there now. Is it silver? How do you get the silver off the back side of the reflector so you can start with a clear glass reflector.

Here is a great thread about reflector re-silvering that includes removing the old mirroring: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9955&p=129352#p129352

by **rustyfoot** on Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:09 pm

mcha9797 wrote:I was looking around for something to repair glass reflectors, and came across this paint.

http://www.createforless.com/Krylon+Loo ... nQodCkIAWQ

Has anyone used a similar product? How well does it work?

I haven't used it, but for $14.99 a can it should be great!

Give it a try and let us know.... :2Cool: