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Re: Mirrors Of Thin Laminated Glass

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Posted by Robert May on March 16, 1999 20:35:15 UTC

May work for a while but the temperature changes will delaminate the glass after a while. Car glass works because the center is flexible. This is bad for mirrors due to the changing stress on the glass. I have seen work done with fusing glass together and that does work. But then again if you don't try it then you may never do something interesting. In the end, don't put too much effort into the job as it already is fraught with problems.

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