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Gilded Bathroom Mirror
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Gilded Bathroom Mirror
I've been promising my wife for ages that I would make her a mirror for our new en-suite bathroom .My middle child Lauren who is 10 years old is very artistic and always shows a big interest in what I'm upto with glass work. Here are some pictures of Lauren helping me clean the puntie cuts ready for gilding. The mirror is 7 ft high by 8ft wide and is cut at an angle due to the shape of the ceiling. very awkward for handling when brilliant cutting. sorry pics are not that sharp.
Still Need a Bernhardt photo lesson.
Dave
Still Need a Bernhardt photo lesson.
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Ha! There is no doubt who her Daddy is! Both in her interests and her reflection. She looks more like you all the time.
I have a ten year old protege that has been helping me out here lately. I paid him his hours and let him off as school starts next week. He asked if I would mind if he came back on weekends to volunteer, "You don't have to pay me, it's just that I kinda like what you are doing here. It's interesting." He has been helping me clean shop and paint my floor, but the little gaffer is full of curiousity. He really likes the glass work and wants to do his own initial. I'm going to have to make time for that. I know he has the patience and perseverence as he spent over three hours woodburning a sign for the local store owner when he was 8. He used a magnifying glass.
I have a ten year old protege that has been helping me out here lately. I paid him his hours and let him off as school starts next week. He asked if I would mind if he came back on weekends to volunteer, "You don't have to pay me, it's just that I kinda like what you are doing here. It's interesting." He has been helping me clean shop and paint my floor, but the little gaffer is full of curiousity. He really likes the glass work and wants to do his own initial. I'm going to have to make time for that. I know he has the patience and perseverence as he spent over three hours woodburning a sign for the local store owner when he was 8. He used a magnifying glass.
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You have a way with words Pat. It's nice to see you noticed my polished punties! I finished the mirror today and put it up. Please Excuse the number of photo's ,they show the etching seperatly on the whole mirror as the room is a bit small, the mirror make's the room look a lot bigger now. At least my wife is pleased I finished it. Big Mice over here!
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Polished punties in gold
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Polished punties in gold
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Nice work, Smitty....
thanks a big heap for showin off gifts for the wife... puttin us on the spot again, are ya?
Not going to show this to Danine, no way.
I think I have enough duties and projects.
nice mirror, very nice mirror.
thanks a big heap for showin off gifts for the wife... puttin us on the spot again, are ya?
Not going to show this to Danine, no way.
I think I have enough duties and projects.
nice mirror, very nice mirror.
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
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Dave,
Just a quick note. If you mask the front of the mirror and give it a weak acid wash, that specific area of the mirror will not fog up with the shower steam.
You could add a thoughtful hidden message like "I Love You!" or a witty bloke one like "WARNING, objects in this mirror may appear larger!" that would only appear in condensation.
Pat
Just a quick note. If you mask the front of the mirror and give it a weak acid wash, that specific area of the mirror will not fog up with the shower steam.
You could add a thoughtful hidden message like "I Love You!" or a witty bloke one like "WARNING, objects in this mirror may appear larger!" that would only appear in condensation.
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Haha I like that. But Patrick, what is the definition of an acid wash? Is it a deluted mixture of an etching solution?Patrick Mackle wrote:Dave,
Just a quick note. If you mask the front of the mirror and give it a weak acid wash, that specific area of the mirror will not fog up with the shower steam.
You could add a thoughtful hidden message like "I Love You!" or a witty bloke one like "WARNING, objects in this mirror may appear larger!" that would only appear in condensation.
Pat
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Good grief Dave, didn't you check with the client first?
"my wife is very pleased but she thought it would be more suited inside a hairdressers salon". Ouch!
And in the master bath no less? Or is it the the Masters bath?
Nice work!
I'll have to try Pat's suggestion with the weak acid, that would be interesting.
"my wife is very pleased but she thought it would be more suited inside a hairdressers salon". Ouch!
And in the master bath no less? Or is it the the Masters bath?
Nice work!
I'll have to try Pat's suggestion with the weak acid, that would be interesting.
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The wife is always right Danny! Mind you she does like it better today,it's starting to blend better with what she has put in the rest of the bathroom. No this is not the master bathroom,the bathroom in these pics is what we have just had built as part of an extension to our property. I am the master but with 4 women living here I sometimes wonder.
Thanks matey
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Thanks matey
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let them keep thinking they're in charge..
and you'll always be the master, mate.
and you'll always be the master, mate.
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
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