The technology of making mirrors.

Author: Ruben
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For several years I made mirrors for the needs of a company engaged in the production of commercial equipment and cabinet furniture. We started with simple showcases-cubes.

First they ordered mirrors in a specialized firm, but it was expensive. We decided to master independent production. Experience was worked out as usual by trial and error. It took about half a year and a decent amount of money. In the end, I still achieved excellent results. I performed the whole process of production alone. From the introduction of the prepared glass into the workroom, before painting the amalgam with a protective paint and varnish layer and bringing out the finished mirrors back. My rate per month was 300-350 sq.m.

This business is quickly recouping . You can sell mirrors yourself through a sales point, or through glass workshops (they already have a permanent clientele). Frames for mirrors can be ordered from joiner private traders, or in firms.

Sales market:

- mirrors for various frames for home, office, state. Institutions such as schools, hospitals, kindergartens ...
- for firms producing cabinet furniture and various display cases;
- mirror walls for aquariums of all sizes;
- finishing tiles for walls and ceilings ...
You can start production in a week or two. The necessary equipment (a table, a dryer, a grinding unit) I recommend to make independently, (schemes-drawings are attached) - this will reduce the cost of organizing and launching production and will accelerate the cost recovery.

To produce 1 square meter of a mirror, the following materials are required:
1. AgNO3 nitric acid silver (AKS) -3.6 g
2. Alkali NaOH (or KOH) - 2.6 g
3. Ammonium chloride 25% (NH4OH) - 7.6 ml
4. SnCl 2 (bilayer tin) - 1 g for 14.5 m 2
5. Nitric acid (concentrated) - about 34.5 ml
6. Distilled water-1,5 - 1,7 l
7. Medical Iodine - 6 drops at about 43kv.m. Mirrors.

You can check the availability of them in your city and estimate the cost price of such mirrors for you. In any case, it will be substantially lower than the price of factory mirrors. The bulk of the cost price is the cost of silver nitrate. All chemicals are sold in chemist shops or honey shops. And laboratory equipment. Specific prices for them in different regions of the Union are different.