I wanted to test out the Mirror Effect Spray Paint. This stuff is basically a mirror in a can......is it too good to be true?? FOLLOW ME! TWITTER: @TheDanocracy Instagram: @Danocracy Facebook: LIKE "The Danocracy" Snapchat: @Danocracy
nikki Fowers it's literally just silver spray paint... it's not 'mirror in a can' if you were to spray this on wood or cement it wouldn't turn into a mirror.
Lol every time you faced the mirror to the camera ...I’m over here expecting to see myself in the reflection lol thanks for the video. I’m going to make one for myself
Mr Z only crap highschools. the mirrors at mine were so useless it kind of felt like looking through ice, thats if there were any in the bathroom at all haha
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I bought a can of that same stuff at Home Depot. It was $6.. It works good on glass. So, I tried it on clear Plexiglass Acrylic.. No Go. It stays dull silver..
The main purpose of the paint is as a backdrop for the glass so the reflection isn't faded out by light passing through from the back. You could create a mirror with literally any paint on glass....it would just have an undesirable hue to it. Use black paint, and the reflection is too dark, while paint and the reflection is too white. Gray paint and you get something in the middle.
@Ezekiele Hurley Anything that is a flat smooth surface is reflective. Any paint on glass becomes a flat smooth surface, because it takes on the smoothness of the glass surface. The point is, it doesn't work on plexiglass because plexiglass isn't really reflective, not really a flat smooth surface. Plexiglass is porous, and those pores keep the paint from making a flat smooth surface. Most of the reflection actually comes from the glass itself, not the paint. Think of those LCD screens with no backlight that you can see through. That's basically what's going on. It's the absence of light not being allowed to pass all the way through, that makes most the reflection.
@@E-Kat I think it's pretty obvious, and already explained there. They use a coating on plexiglass. Since the coating is on a smoothed transparent surface, it automatically becomes a mirror.
+Antonio Arellano What is so jaw dropping in this? Are you easily excited over most generic things? I was more in "awe" in how awful the jagged lines were once tape was taken off... awful.
Regarding to mirrors: I can't see far well and I was wondering why I can't see far through the mirror? Idk why but I just think that I should be able to but at the same time I think otherwise, can someone explain how it works? (I think I know but I just want to make sure)
Rat-King It's because the further away an object is the less light is going to be able to hit the mirror. You could compare it to throwing a handful of darts just in front of you, they all hit the same area and are close together; but if you throw them further away they will spread out and some will miss.
The taping is ameature, the spraying is uneven... and still a nice mirror finish. That is impressive. I'm more confident that I can go out and buy the can and get good results because of seeing this. Nice work!
That's exactly what I was thinking my Miss's has OCD about the bathroom and bedroom mirrors been clean and spotless. Me thinks a new mirror hanging above the tv in the lounge room might be a good idea 😋😋😋
Nameless typically metallic spray paints stay pretty foggy and diffuse light, but this one is shocking because it dries down to reflect light really well
you guys aren't shocked because you guys didn't think about the science & the reality at play here. How do you turn aluminium into liquid at room temperature? Industrial method to coat plastic with metal is using vapor deposition, meaning they burn aluminum and the gas stick to the sheet, but this spray-can sprays liquid substance that look like metal into a sheet. It was magic if you actually did put aluminum into a spray-can, but things isn't what it appears to be. I'm curious about the technology, I'm not complacent with the fact it existed, I'd say it isn't aluminum.
It’s very cool, the only issue I have with it is, it’s the backside that is mirrored and not the front. Because it limits exactly what you can paint with it. Meaning, if I wanted to customize a guitar or something, I would have to find clear parts and spray the backside of them in order to get the mirror affect on the front side. Other than that, it looks awesome. Very cool.
Painters tape is porous too; I've had paint go through painters tape more times than I can count, a thick piece of paper, like cardstock is the way to go. tape cardstock in, paint; remove cardstock, no paint!
That is pretty cool. I wish I would work on the same side you paint. I have a mirror that is pretty much junk and I don’t want to take do and replace it because it one with the wall.
No, most mirrors are not made with paint. The vast majority of them are plated with silver using silver nitrate. Edit: Some may be made usuing aluminum, but factories don't go the extra miles and use a paint to apply the aluminum. They would use a vapor deposit method.
Mike L Hey "Dumbass," according to several MSDS' of popular corresponding spray paint brands, mirror spray paint doesn't contain silver nor silver nitrate. Look it up. No company would dare to spend that much.
You could do this with a piece of glass and ANY shiny paint. The paint in contact with the surface will fill in to be as smooth as the glass surface, and it's that smoothness that makes shiny paint reflective.
This would be cool for making "ghost touched" mirrors... get finger or and prints on the glass then spray over the prints. When people go to clean them off, they don't come off.. ohhh lol good for Halloween.
I laughed when I saw how much masking tape you wasted. Dude, just tape a piece of paper over the one side. One piece of tape. Not forty. Not to mention you didn't let the paint dry at all. I can tell that almost no time passed between coats by looking at the shadows of the awnings on the buildings below to the right.
Take a circular piece of plexiglass or acrylic. Use heat to shape it to a concave form (use a mold or air pressure). Spray this mirror coating on it's back and Voilà! ... You have your huge inexpensive solar oven, or Telescope mirror! 😉💡 You're welcome!
Getting to tired to think of such conundrums but hey... Maybe you get a 2D-simulation of a 3D box or an extremely flat depth contraption. :D Would be a nice way to make more room in a tight space though.
David Akridge You realize American Healthcare is twice the cost of Canadian healthcare... and that the lowest 50% of Canadians have a greater net worth than the lowest 50% of Americans?
Thanks! I watched 3 other (very disappointing) mirror restoration videos. Yours gave me the confidence of knowing "it is possible to restore/create a mirror". Thanks again!!
This was actually a great video. I'm mirror painting an old house window and now I know what I did wrong. I had leaned the window vertically against my house and painted, and everything ran. I'm now doing it over, laying it completely flat. Fingers crossed that it works!
I'm glad YOU did this I just brought mirror glass from Amazon ,,,, brand ,, generic brand all the money I Paid didn't.come with no top a small can.. I'm glad to see how it works and your ideals... I'm Subscribed..
