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Making Colored Aluminum Mirrors

2005

Dear Sir/Madam
I want to produce some mirrors with different colors. would you please help me in this case?
Thanks for your attention.

Hamid R. Rahnoma
Aluminium mirror - Tehran, Iran

I have never seen such a thing, but I have seen aluminum reflectors and I have seen fairly shiny dyed aluminum. You need to make the mirrors out of a good grade of relatively pure aluminum, then hand polish them, bright dip them, anodize them (fairly thin, probably only a couple of ten thousandths of an inch), dye them, and hot water seal. The dye probably won't hold up outside.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
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2005

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