Here is the story of a plain ole mirror. I wanted to do something to "jazz" it up. So I had recently seen a couple posts about how to make the back look vintage. Do you think I could figure out where I saw that...????? NO! So I had to figure it out myself.
I tried furniture stripper, which did not work. Then remember that my husband teaches Chemistry, I tried to think what he would tell me to use. I could here his voice saying "you need and acid"....So I thought and thought....Toilet bowl cleaner......So I got out my toilet bowl cleaner wiped some on the back of the mirror, and let it sit....Now be very careful, because it is an ACID...so you don't want to get it in your eyes or even on your hands..it will burn. So after waiting awhile I used a plastic scraper...(you don't want to use metal, because it will scratch the glass) and push away the parts of the silver. Then you let it sit and dry. When it is dry you can wash the mirror with water, and then clean with windex.
This is how she turned out. I was going to paint the frame, but it looked so good once the mirror and paper were back in, that I thought I better leave it alone.
I hope you like it. Have a BEAUTIFUL day!!
20 comments:
What a super neat project! I love how it turned out.
No way, toilet bowl cleaner?? I love it! I've always wanted to try this...!
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Toilet bowl cleaner! Brilliant. It looks great.
So cool.....I love how it came out! Great tutorial. Absolutely *adore* the sheet music insert!
Andrea @ townandprairie
Toilet bowl cleaner! It's genius! I've seen the fancy pool cleaning acid used, but I don't want to drop $11 just to do one mirror! I'm going to try this today! Thanks for the tip!!! Your mirror looks great!
I've seen tutorials on how to do this but never wanted to go out of my way to search for some acid. Now that I know you can use toilet bowl cleaner this is a definite must. If you get a chance I would love you to link your ____ up to More the Merrier Monday. It lasts through Wednesday so you have plenty of time to stop by. See you there. http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/
Wow, this is awesome! I would have never thought to do this!! I'd love for you to link up at my Tuesday Tutorials Link Party! :)
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Hi, Thank you for joining Masterpiece Monday at Boogieboard Cottage. Could you be so kind as to link back your three projects to my blog as required? Thank you, Mary :O)
beautiful! i love the sheet music behind it.
I really like the fact that you used sheet music. Beautiful! Thanks for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
Love that you used toilet bowl cleaner, clever! It turned out so good!
Great job and clever technique! Love it! Thanks so much for sharing in the DIY Project Parade! ;)
Roeshel
Very Cool! Thanks for sharing!
soooo pretty!!!
What an awesome project! I will definitely have to try this one out! I am such a fan of anything vintage. My blog is even dedicated to it.
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Jacque @ Jacque's Soda Parlor
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P.S. I host a link party every Sunday. You should stop by and link this up! I'm sure the ladies would love to see it, along with any other crafts or recipes that you may have! Can't wait to see you there!
Wow, first craft I've seen with toilet bowl cleaner! It just proves that when a crafter gets and idea, stay out of the way!! :)
Great idea!! Never saw a craft that featured toilet bowl cleaner! :) Yeah for your husband the chemistry teacher...so was I! :) Thanks so much for linking to Thrifty Thursday.
I love it! I've been wanting to do this to a mirror in my bedroom for a while but have been afraid of the muratic acid thing. I've also seen that you can use oven cleaner... thanks for the tip about toilet bowl cleaner... maybe now I'll give it a whirl!
Great looking mirror! Thanks for linking to the Tuesday To Do Party!
Smiles!
Jami
www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com
The mirror looks beautiful.
Thanks for linking up at Tea-Time Thursdays @ Kreative Korner. Your post added to the celebration. Party for this week is going on now. Hope to see you there.
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