Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Silvering testing continued
I tried something that should have occurred to me before now: using multiple layers of paint. Obviously. I get a much smoother, shinier surface with multiple coats of primer and chrome paint, 2-3 layers of each. Now it's looking like a mirror. It's still a very, very poor quality mirror (this brand of chrome paint will not result in a smooth chrome surface regardless of substrate smoothness) but it's reflecting more light and focusing light more sharply. This is very encouraging.
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Silvering test
I've silvered a couple of test objects. They work as parabolic mirrors, although the main goal here was to improve my silvering technique. The results are good enough that I think I'm ready to move on to fabricating a hand mirror.
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