September 12, 2012 at 9:06 pm

First Attempt At Silvering

If you know me, I always enjoy experimenting with different types of media and mixing other processes with glass etching. Recently, I decided to write up the process of adding silver mirroring to one of my etchings which will be fully documented for our members here. (Please give me a few more days and the module should be complete :) )

Silvering glass with a engraving.Anyway- this can create some very cool pattern effects with your etchings that I wanted to share with you and hopefully others will try this out. There are so many things you can do with this hobby that its hard to have enough time in life to experiment with them all.

I ordered this silvering kit to make your own glass mirrors and as you can see in my picture, it did not turn out good at all! In fact it turned out horrible. Oops

But I am testing different kits and will report the best one for the price. So standby and if anyone has done this before, it would be great if you wanted to share your projects.

Also, I will be sharing with you other media that you can use like this mirror paint that I recently purchased and where to get all this stuff inexpensively, because I do a lot of searching around.

Hope this post inspires people to try out silvering.

Has anyone worked with mirroring before or added it to their etchings?

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8 comments so far

  1. Bert

    Bert

    September 17th, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    No need for expensive kits, Silver nitrate is readily available from Ebay or Amazon.
    ammonia solution available as household ammonia .

    Caustic soda (labelled as drain cleaner),
    Distilled water,
    Glucose powder (from the brewing section) are all available off the shelf at your local store.
    I have only done bottles so far but the method is the same for flat glass.

  2. Hope

    September 17th, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    Not bad for a first time. Bert can you explain the process for putting this together?

  3. Ernie

    September 17th, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    I have never tried silvering or plating glass for a mirror effect. I can see several applications if a smooth -clean application could be made. Reading articles I found the success rate is not favorable without a very costly process. Very interested in your results and would love to try it, and share ideas once I felt comfortable with the quality.

  4. Eric Robert

    Eric Robert

    September 17th, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    Bert, thanks for the suggestions! Awesome

  5. Bert

    Bert

    September 18th, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Have a look here for the process http://www.ilpi.com/glassblowing/tutorial_silvering.html

  6. Nevruz

    September 18th, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Hi Eric, thanks for the sharing. I liked the work very much, so I honestly think your own critics are not true. Best wishes to continue for your work. I am looking forward to hear about the cheap kits you are searching.
    Good luck,

  7. Donna-Marie

    September 20th, 2012 at 10:00 am

    Hi Eric I think it looks very interesting, dont let it get you down though.Remember practice makes perfect.interested in finding more about this mirroring too!

  8. slaoki

    September 26th, 2012 at 2:34 am

    Hi Eric,

    Really appreciate your posting. I always love to make an experiment new things as you do and its very helpful to see yours indeed.

    thank you

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