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Default Acrylic mirror sheeting

Yes its slightly bendy.
I remember back in the late 60s, when colour tvs were first made, you had
to adjust the convergence of the three beams from behind the tv. The ladies
that did this, looked at the screen in a mirror made of a very tightly
stretched reflective polyester sheet, surface silvered. These were fun to
play with but they were used mainly cos they were cheap and did not have the
nasty prismatic effects of glass silvered on the back. You needed accurate
reflections of the colours to tell when the job was done.
Most women seemed far better at doing this than the blokes, much to many
peoples annoyance.
Brian

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Bert Coules wrote:
Just wondering if anyone here has used (or heard tales of) acrylic mirror
sheeting. Can acrylic provide the same dead-flat mirror effect as glass?
Are there any particularly recommended makers and/or suppliers?


Many thanks.


It needs to be fixed to a totally flat rigid background, If not, you get
the fairground distorting mirror effect.

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