Anyone ever faux aged a mirror?

[X_Digger]

Last edited Thu Jun 6, 2013, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm making a hall mirror / key rack using leftover scraps from my table build and I want to take the new mirror glass I cut to fit and give it a nice old look.

I took a scrap of mirrored glass and stripped the protective coating on the back off, and I've tried some household chemicals.. baking soda, salt water, vinegar, and bleach. Bleach seems to remove the silvering too quickly, vinegar seems to remove it too evenly. Salt water took it off eventually, and the water spots look natural. (Baking soda did nothing.)



Any other common household chemicals to try?


eta: I believe a 70/30 bleach solution is going to do it nicely, if spritzed on, left for 60-90 seconds, then immediately washed off.