On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:53:09 +0100, Thomas Prufer
wrote:

|On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:08:40 GMT, Lobster
|wrote:
|
|How does a DIY'er achieve the ground edges to a glass pane that you get
|on commercially-supplied mirrors? Grinding wheel in an angle grinder
|shudder ?
|
|Cheap Chinese whetstone, one of those brick-shaped ones, water, and patience.
|
|Wet'n'dry would also work in a pinch.

Yes a carbourundum stone IME takes the sharp edges off glass and makes it
safe(er) to handle, leaving a rough surface. Wet'n'dry works less well, a
diamond knife sharpener would also work. Non of these will produce the
polished finish you find on commercial mirrors. To get the polished
finish, you would need to follow this up with several grades of polishing
compound, each finer than the last, which is probably not practical in a
DIY environment.

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