I'm in the middle of renovating my ensuite and am looking into fitting
a glass worksurface on top of the boxing-in that covers my pipework.
It's about 150mm deep and 1.6m wide.
I like the idea of translucent green glass, quite thick, with bevelled
edges.
Does anyone have any advice on the practicalities of this?
I would plan to bed it into silicon sealant for flexibility, but am
worried about the effect that the bedding material would have on the
appearance of the surface. Can glass be obtained with some sort of
impervious (or even mirrored) backing, that would prevent the bedding
material from showing through?
I suppose it could just be painted (not sure what kind of paint), but
if there's a better solution out there, please let me know.
TIA
Steve

It was somewhere outside Barstow when
wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on the practicalities of this?

It's entirely practical, depending on the helpfulness of your glass
supplier. Some are big enough to have an on-site edge grinder, small
enough to bother talking to people for an "awkward" one-off. But there
are an awful lot that are a real waste of time trying to get
non-standard work out of them. If you're near Bristol, I can
recommend Roman Glass on Stokes Croft.

Thick glass isn't cheap, but it's plenty strong enough.

Mirror is quite a good idea, although there may be dazzle problems
from the ceiling lights. Personally I'd turn it into a black mirror
instead, using plain glass with a coating of tar on the back (Roofing
bitumen, hard gilsonite from Liberon and real turpentine, melted over
a double boiler).

Personally I'd turn it into a black mirror
instead, using plain glass with a coating of tar on the back (Roofing
bitumen, hard gilsonite from Liberon and real turpentine, melted over
a double boiler).

Sounds like a lethal combination. Have you done this before yourself?
Rgds
Steve

It was somewhere outside Barstow when
wrote:

Have you done this before yourself?

No, the one I have was made for me. I'm just about to do a few more
though, as black mirrors - shaving mirors for vampires. Because
there's no silver in them, vampires and werewolves are OK with using
them. Some of a more witchy disposition reckon they can be used for
scrying, in a John Dee style.

(I am _entirely_ serious.)