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Need a large metal mirror

I am designing an outdoor mirror 12 feet high x 6 feet mounted on a wall. Is there any way that this mirror could be done in metal instead of glass to make it less breakable? and how is it done or who makes them.

Thank you,

Rosa Mer
interior designer - Miami, Florida, USA
2004

2004

This is not a problem. Mirrors are commonly made of stainless steel for institutional use, use in tools, etc. You can simply buy a sheet of 6 foot wide by 12 long mirror polished stainless steel. I think this might be called a #8 finish.

Another alternative, offering higher reflectivity but at much higher cost, would be to silver plate and then rhodium plate a sheet of metal.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

Please tell thatme what will be the cost of giving a #8 finish to a 0.5 feet X 50 feet sheet for mirror purpose?

Devabrat Kumar
- New Delhi, India
2005

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