Interesting... nothing of that is true😅 My wardrobe-mirror doesn't show a gap. Obviously a multi-layer glas. And - by physics - there is only one test! The mirror-image is less bright. Bubbles, gap behind... nonsense!
I am now in Thailand, in Shanghai, in the movenpick hotel, in room 529. All the mirrors are normal, except for the bathroom mirror, and I am very afraid.
2:36 (U R In the Middle) You are not showing what the light really does. You messed up when you mention that we should see the light going through the Mirror. (1) The part you messed up. The side we are on. What does it look like when we can tell that it's a Two way mirror. You only mention the other side. ?????
Uhm, I’m confused. My fingernail touched and I don’t know if I’m just paranoid, but I want to take my mirror down and check. I’m. Only 12 so idk how I would do that but I’m worried because my fingernail touches
My first thought was "but then the sky would be a mirror of what you see naturally", then oh yeah that's what you get in a reflector telescope...duh. Great idea!
You all know this only works on surface mirrors? A two way mirror is a mirror with about 50% light transmission. So the room with more light it looks like a real mirror. If you turn your surface mirrors around it would look like a regular mirror.
A real mirror is a simple glass, with silver nitrate (or whatever reflective nowadays) that is on the back of the mirror. Normally, the space between your finger and the mirror, is the thickness of the glass before the silver nitrate (before the reflection) . If you see 5mm space between you finger and the mirror, it's because the glass is 5mm thick. But some hotels (or any building) use 2mm and 3mm (because of prices). It can be hard to see the space between, when it's 2mm thick The second method is (not safe): close your light, and with your flashlight (or any beam of light) you aim directly at the mirror. You might see behind. But I saw some houses with a 2way mirror and a small door with a real glass behind it. Hidden in a cupboard, face to the bathroom. They can close/open, when people is checking carefully the mirror. So you never see behind the mirror, if the door is closed. It was pretty creepy, lmao!
I have a Normal Mirror in my home and the Reflection Touches the Finger. I can Remove the Mirror from the wall and put it wherever I want. and it's not a 2 way.
I always get suspicious when the mirror it’s in the decor design, and there is a space between the wood decor and the wall ! Very weird if it’s not necessary
Some true mirrors do not leave a gap. These are usually small though because they're very expensive to make so you'll probably only see them as decorative objects. These are real, no distortion mirrors and they don't leave a gap. However, if you have a large bathroom mirror, anything really bigger than 10 inches. The best way is to use the flashlight test, not the nail gap test. Additionally, some two-way mirrors actually do leave a gap. The best thing to do is to turn off all the lights and have a flashlight or your cell phone light and hold it directly up against the glass. If it penetrates the glass, you've got a two-way mirror on your hands. Another way to do this is give the knock test and if it sounds hollow as if there's space behind it, most likely a two-way mirror. Be careful guys. They're getting better and better at making these to a mirrors to look more and more like the real deal so that nail gap test does not work all the time. Be safe!!!
Nice, but what if you are trying to make a perfect hole without breaking the mirror.. say putting light holes to come through mirror for bathroom. Thank you.
This is acctualy a myth because there are multiple diffent types of mirrors and mirrors where you can see through the back some you can see your finger touch the reflection some you can't
I’m a normal man in his 60’s so there is nothing of great interest to see if I’m naked or clothed. I am not too concerned if the mirror is 2 way nor if there is a camera.
A single surface mirror would fail this test because there's no glass, or anything on the reflective surface. But they are mostly use for optics. If you shine a laser on a regular mirror, you'll get 2 dots reflected back because the light bouncing between the glass and the reflective layer behind it. But on a single surface mirror, like a very polished piece of metal, you only get one reflection back because there's nothing for the light to bounce around in. So you just get one dot reflected back.
