2007-09-19 15:43:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
No, but you can do it with a glass cutter. Cutting glass with a cutter takes a lot of patience and you have to know it isn't as easy as it looks. One mistake and that is that. But cutting curves is exceptionally difficult if you haven't done it before. You score the mirror with the cutter, then you have to cut up to that with a series of angled straight cuts and get the excess away, then you use the nibblers to clean up the curve and then you can sand it with some diamond carbide paper.
2007-09-19 15:51:39 · answer #1 · answered by CB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a stained glass store and purchase the right tools..glass cutter, nibber, and a book on glass cutting. outside curves are not a problem, but inside curves can be a real challenge. Also thin glass is easy to cut but many mirrors are 1/4 inch thick, and that can make it tougher to cut a curve. Practice with clear glass till you get the hang of it, then try a mirror. And yes one of the first projects we had to do in stained glass class was to use mirror for the art project, so it can be done.
2007-09-19 16:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by diver0604 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stationary belt sanders used for glass polishing are water cooled with special diamond coated belts.
Curves are cut with a glass cutter and then the edges polished or beveled.
Captsnuf - Don't answer when you don't know what you are talking about.
2007-09-19 15:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this can be very dangerous, mirrors are pre-cut before they are silvered, the glass can now shatter if you try to cut it with anything, a sander or power tool of any sort will generate enought heat to break the glass (has to do with the age and thickness of the glass i would not try this myself...and i'm crazy enough to try ANYTHING once.
2007-09-19 15:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you aren't a professional, i wouldn't do it. I think belt sanding is for wood. It might damage the mirror if the grit is the slightest bit coarse. Look to a professional if you don't know.
2007-09-19 15:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Kyle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a glass cutter, and yes you can use a belt sander to smooth the edges... but it doesn't take off much very fast... check with a glass company to see if they can do it for you, with you supplying the materials.....
2007-09-19 16:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by prop4u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am wearing EYE protection and GLOVES just answering this question. -- And the answer is NO. You would need a diamond cutter for glass -- And dont DIY !
2007-09-19 19:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by cacianss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yikes!
2007-09-19 15:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by bizou_bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a glass cutter. it should also work on a mirror
2007-09-19 15:46:50 · answer #9 · answered by Bigddge78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the cyclic rate is too fast. The edge will be flakey and uneven.
2007-09-19 15:47:20 · answer #10 · answered by geographer_D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋