RearView Mirror Restoration

[AZ-240z]

I thought I would update some information that hls30.com included in a thread he posted detailing rear view mirror restoration. That thread is now closed but you can do a search for

"Rear View Mirror Restoration" for the complete article. He included a website, www.mirrorresilvering.ca, used to have his mirrors resilvered. This website is no longer in operation, but I did find a business in the northwest that does do resilvering.

There website is: www.hylitemirrorandglass.com

I gave them a call and they quoted me a price of roughly $70 + shipping, more than one would like, but there seem to be very few businesses that do resilvering these days.

Since new mirrors are NLA, I thought this might be useful for a perfect mirror restoration.

FWIW

Dan

[240260280z]

http://www.fricksresilvering.com/

http://www.manta.com/ic/mt6rjpd/ca/a-bob-wilcox-enterprises

[bpilati]

Do they rebuilt the whole mirror, removing the worn socket joint?

[hls30.com]

Several companies re-silver, the most economical way is to send several sets of glass in at a time-otherwise the minimum charge skews the price dramatically. The last sets I had done were around $35/ea resilvered, coated, and the edges sealed. If I can't keep it below $40, I will start doing it myself.

a few companies actually restore the entire mirror in leu of simply re-silvering the glass-$200 plus.

The PDF here is not the final version I made, I will will hunt it down in the next couple of days and post it, or make a new one-I have been saving up red dots to restore, and I have several later mirrors that could benefit as well.

Dealing with a worn socket is not a serious task...I will add that to the next PDF.

Edited October 11, 2012 by hls30.com

[bpilati]

Several companies re-silver, the most economical way is to send several sets of glass in at a time-otherwise the minimum charge skews the price dramatically. The last sets I had done were around $35/ea resilvered, coated, and the edges sealed. If I can't keep it below $40, I will start doing it myself.

a few companies actually restore the entire mirror in leu of simply re-silvering the glass-$200 plus.

The PDF here is not the final version I made, I will will hunt it down in the next couple of days and post it, or make a new one-I have been saving up red dots to restore, and U have several later mirrors that could benefit as well.

Dealing with a worn socket is not a serious task...I will add that to the next PDF.

Worn socket is my biggest issue. The silver around the edges is a bit rough, the mirror is very usable.....except the shake.

[Dr. 240Z]

Hi,

Nothing too new to contribute to this forum, but thought I'd share some before and after pics on my rearview mirror refurbishment.

From a web search I found and used, 'Alchemy Mirror Resilvering' in St. Paull, MN (alchemy@bitstream.net). The owner is a chap by the name of Tim. Tim charged me $40.00 which included return shipping, and he accepted PayPal. The turn around was ~ two weeks.

Cheers,

George

[grannyknot]

Looks great, the price of re-silvering mirrors has gone through the roof the last 20 years, I guess it's because of all the nasty chemicals involved, so you got a good price.

Did you use the hot water and dish soap method to get the glass out and back in?

[Dr. 240Z]

Looks great, the price of re-silvering mirrors has gone through the roof the last 20 years, I guess it's because of all the nasty chemicals involved, so you got a good price.

Did you use the hot water and dish soap method to get the glass out and back in?

Yes, I did the hot tap water method to soften up the plastic frame (nothing creative) and it worked as hoped.

Also, further to you comment regarding 'nasty chemicals', the $40.00 I quoted included a $3.00 surcharge referred to as, 'Minimum Hazardous Waste Surcharge'.