How Do You Make Mirrors By Silvering Glass?
Modern mirrors are made by depositing aluminum. But back in the victorian era aluminum wasn’t available and so they made their mirrors using silver metal. Using silver nitrate (available online, or can be made in another wikihow) you can make your own mirrors. • Get 1 gram of silver nitrate and 1 gram of sodium hydroxide in seperate containers and add enough water to both to dissolve them. • Mix the two solutions together. A black precipitate of silver oxide will form. • Add ammonia until the precipitate completely redissolves. • Add 4 grams of sugar and stir until dissolved. • Place your article you want to silver into the solution, or pour the solution into a tray containing your article (for larger articles like glass panes) • GENTLY heat the solution but DO NOT let it boil. Boiling tears the silver off the surface • Eventually the solution will turn to a cream color and your article is now silvered, take it out and wipe off the silver from where you don’t want it. If the silver is
