Mirror is about five feet wide x four feet tall. Crack is in the top half, about two feet long, terminating at an edge. What are the chances a professional can cut the top half of the mirror off, leaving the bottom intact?

Caution to others: I cracked the mirror when I was re-installing a light fixture. A drywall screw passes through the mirror and into a stud. I must have overtightened. A few hours later, the crack appeared.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:37:33 -0700 (PDT),
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Mirror is about five feet wide x four feet tall. Crack is in the top half, about two feet long, terminating at an edge. What are the chances a professional can cut the top half of the mirror off, leaving the bottom intact?
Trivial thing if you can take the mirror down.

On 04/25/2017 8:37 AM, wrote:
Mirror is about five feet wide x four feet tall. Crack is in the top
half, about two feet long, terminating at an edge. What are the chances
a professional can cut the top half of the mirror off, leaving the
bottom intact?

'Bout 100% -- if don't want to try to cut too close to the break; very
small cutoffs are difficult to near impossible to get clean edge.

But, of course, you're wanting to save all the unbroken piece.


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On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:37:33 -0700 (PDT),
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Mirror is about five feet wide x four feet tall. Crack is in the top half, about two feet long, terminating at an edge. What are the chances a professional can cut the top half of the mirror off, leaving the bottom intact?


A glass and mirror shop can cut whatever you want. An oval mirror or
anything your heart desires.

Caution to others: I cracked the mirror when I was re-installing a light fixture. A drywall screw passes through the mirror and into a stud. I must have overtightened. A few hours later, the crack appeared.

Don't do that. The glass may crack :-)

Thank you for confirming this possibility, gfre, dpb and oren. I youtubed for instructions on how to take a mirror attached with construction adhesive down. Per the youtube videos, I bought a package of wood wedge shims at Home Depot for $1.75 and went at it yesterday. I got the mirror down slowly, via steady prying with the shims, per several youtube.com videos.

Today I located a glass cutting shop and drove the mirror there. They cut the mirror in half, sanding the edges, for a mere $5. I am delighted.

I am now repairing where the wallboard paper got tore off from the old adhesive. I will repaint and then re-hang the mirror within a week.

It's been a good adventure in home repair, once again with thanks for the insight here.

On Mon, 8 May 2017 13:44:50 -0700 (PDT),
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Thank you for confirming this possibility, gfre, dpb and oren. I youtubed for instructions on how to take a mirror attached with construction adhesive down. Per the youtube videos, I bought a package of wood wedge shims at Home Depot for $1.75 and went at it yesterday. I got the mirror down slowly, via steady prying with the shims, per several youtube.com videos.

Today I located a glass cutting shop and drove the mirror there. They cut the mirror in half, sanding the edges, for a mere $5. I am delighted.

I am now repairing where the wallboard paper got tore off from the old adhesive. I will repaint and then re-hang the mirror within a week.

It's been a good adventure in home repair, once again with thanks for the insight here.

I'm happy for you.

On 5/8/2017 4:44 PM, wrote:
Thank you for confirming this possibility, gfre, dpb and oren. I youtubed for instructions on how to take a mirror attached with construction adhesive down. Per the youtube videos, I bought a package of wood wedge shims at Home Depot for $1.75 and went at it yesterday. I got the mirror down slowly, via steady prying with the shims, per several youtube.com videos.

Today I located a glass cutting shop and drove the mirror there. They cut the mirror in half, sanding the edges, for a mere $5. I am delighted.

I am now repairing where the wallboard paper got tore off from the old adhesive. I will repaint and then re-hang the mirror within a week.

It's been a good adventure in home repair, once again with thanks for the insight here.


Thanks for reporting back with the result. Few people bother and we
appreciate those that do so.

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Thanks for reporting back with the result. Few people bother and we
appreciate those that do so.

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My pleasure, Oren, Ed, and CRNG.

A bit mo The original mirror had roughly 4 feet x 2-inch trim pieces, one on each vertical side of the mirror, attached with double-sided tape. The trim's long edges are beautifully beveled. Today I marked the new length of the trim that I wanted with a sharpie marker; put on safety glasses, thick gloves, and a breathing mask; and etched the trim using a 3/4-inch diameter diamond rotary cutting disc. The disc was mounted on my ordinary Black and Decker electric hand drill using the mandrel that came with the discs. I bought these little discs at Harbor Freight some years ago for a metal project. See https://www.harborfreight.com/diamon...-pc-69657.html . The discs were not helpful for the metal project. They were great for cutting these mirror trim pieces.

I put the trim on the sharp edge of a work table, tapped on the back a little with an ordinary hammer, flipped the trim, and easily snapped it to the marked length. I sanded the cuts a bit with 100-grit sandpaper. After some practice with scraps, the last cut I did is so good it is hard to tell the difference between it and the professionally done ends.

On Mon, 15 May 2017 12:21:34 -0700 (PDT),
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My pleasure, Oren, Ed, and CRNG.

A bit mo The original mirror had roughly 4 feet x 2-inch trim pieces, one on each vertical side of the mirror, attached with double-sided tape. The trim's long edges are beautifully beveled. Today I marked the new length of the trim that I wanted with a sharpie marker; put on safety glasses, thick gloves, and a breathing mask; and etched the trim using a 3/4-inch diameter diamond rotary cutting disc. The disc was mounted on my ordinary Black and Decker electric hand drill using the mandrel that came with the discs. I bought these little discs at Harbor Freight some years ago for a metal project. See https://www.harborfreight.com/diamon...-pc-69657.html . The discs were not helpful for the metal project. They were great for cutting these mirror trim pieces.

I put the trim on the sharp edge of a work table, tapped on the back a little with an ordinary hammer, flipped the trim, and easily snapped it to the marked length. I sanded the cuts a bit with 100-grit sandpaper. After some practice with scraps, the last cut I did is so good it is hard to tell the difference between it and the professionally done ends.

Good for you. Post a final photo on a free hosting photo hosting site
and post a link back here. Like Ed states, we like follow-ups when or
if things work or not. I've seen some nice mirrors that are sand
blasted or acid etched. No limit to imagination ;-)

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