Can I stick a mirror up with tile adhesive?

[King Herald]

tossbag said:

What you need to do is heat the mirror to 1400 degrees using theramite.
When the glass is almost in a liquid form it should be easy as pie to simply nail it to the wall without breaking the glass.
Place an open freezer in the room for rapid cooling and in the morning you will have a safely secured, now tempered, mirror.

I tried that, but laying the house on its side to prevent mirror droop after nailing proved too difficult.

[Simond001]

King Herald said:

Simond001 said:

Grouting around mirrors can look a bit nasty. Grout may also attack the mirror backing.

Why not consider using a trim around the mirror.

Unfortunately the mirror is the exact width of three tiles, but leaves a gap top and bottom, so we can only put some trim/spacer/border on the two sides. Still, SWMBO is in charge of the ornamental side, I just provide the finance, taxi service and labour. She stands there telling where I've gone wrong and how to do the job.

(Trim the mirror to fit within the new aperture?)

It will look so much better. The edge of glass even if bevelled never looks as good against the tile edge without a trim.

SWMBO may be wrong on this, unique, and never to be mentionad again, occasion.

[pogster41]

I recommend working on the hotrod.

[Z4monster]

Just make sure you don't write rude words in the adhesive and then put the mirror over it. I knew someone who did this while working for a guy who was a complete tt and after a few days you could see the writing through the mirror. I think the adhesive attacked the backing somehow. Still, good fun though!

[Darkslider]

Depends where you're sticking the mirror. If it's on the ceiling in your bedroom a different adhesive will be required, so come on, drop this bathroom bks and come clean with the truth. It's going in your dungeon isnt it?

[carreauchompeur]

Z4monster said:

Just make sure you don't write rude words in the adhesive and then put the mirror over it. I knew someone who did this while working for a guy who was a complete tt and after a few days you could see the writing through the mirror. I think the adhesive attacked the backing somehow. Still, good fun though!

What...



COCK

PISS


PARTRIDGE



?

[King Herald]

Darkslider said:

Depends where you're sticking the mirror. If it's on the ceiling in your bedroom a different adhesive will be required, so come on, drop this bathroom bks and come clean with the truth. It's going in your dungeon isnt it?

[Mr POD]

Simpo Two said:

Mr POD said:

I put up a 173 cm x 98 cm mirror with 3 tubes of industrial spec silicon sealant. The only problem was standing there for 3 hours whist it set.

Two nails or a batten underneath would have done it - the suction would have stopped it falling forwards.

It would except I failed to plan correctly.

Also it would have been useful to use suction cup grippers.

[mrspw]

Hi there,

Just something to bear in mind - we used an instant grab mirror adhesive for the mirror in our bathroom - it has discoloured the backing on the mirror so it looks mottled. Better to be aware of these things before hand just in case.

Apparently this one from Screwfix preserves mirror backing so might be worth a look:-

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/95057/Sealants-Adhes...