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imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | If any of you have a Mirror-Matic that needs the glass re-silvered, you might want to try out this stuff. "Mirror in a Can" I spent $150.00 getting mine professionally re-silvered a couple of years back. I wish I had known about these options at that time! "Mirror in a Can" - seems to work good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8iTQwnDaLg Another less expensive option to having one re-silvered is to use a standard sized day night mirror from a mid-70s - mid 80s vehicle that's still in good shape. A friend of mine used one from a GMC pickup for the Mirror-Matic in his 1960 Polara. It was the same size prismatic mirror. He then polished out the tiny spot from the rear where the light has to enter. Here is how he explains the process: “The mirror I used was out of a 1976 Chevrolet 1/2 ton truck. It's exactly the same size and shape ( as the original prismatic mirror contained within the Mirror-Matic housing). It was a bit tricky to extract it as it is moulded into the mirror housing. I did slight damage to the glass during the process but it is covered by the mirror-matic surround bezel. To buff the photo cell light opening I decided to use a type writer eraser (kept from the 70's). I mounted it in the lathe and cut the end off square with a razor knife while turning in the lathe to obtain a square cut. After mounting the eraser in the drill press I applied some coarse valve grinding compound and then did a trial run on the old mirror. It worked real slick except the light hole was slightly larger in diameter than the original. I then mounted the eraser in the lathe and reduced the end diameter about .050". After marking the new mirror, I performed the same procedure and it worked great. It made a very crisp “hole” so that the headlights from the car behind will activate the photocell behind the mirror, causing the mirror to tip to “NIGHT” position”. Edited by imopar380 2018-02-19 11:05 PM (a.jpg) (b.jpg) (c.jpg) (d.jpg) (e.jpg) (f.jpg) Attachments ---------------- a.jpg (131KB - 130 downloads) b.jpg (150KB - 133 downloads) c.jpg (131KB - 128 downloads) d.jpg (171KB - 132 downloads) e.jpg (114KB - 131 downloads) f.jpg (151KB - 123 downloads) | ||
Don Ashby |
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Member Posts: 7 | that's terrific, cept my car wouldn't run with a GM part on it. | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Don Ashby - 2018-02-20 7:41 PM that's terrific, cept my car wouldn't run with a GM part on it. LOL. I have a GM dual port Master cyl. on my Saratoga. | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | I may try this Ian, I have a 60-61 mirror matic that needs resilvering. | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7210 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | christine-lover - 2018-02-21 3:13 PM I may try this Ian, I have a 60-61 mirror matic that needs resilvering. Are you thinking of the spray can job, or mirror replacement? | ||
christine-lover |
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Expert Posts: 2996 Location: Sept. 1958 | imopar380 - 2018-02-21 9:24 PM christine-lover - 2018-02-21 3:13 PM I may try this Ian, I have a 60-61 mirror matic that needs resilvering. Are you thinking of the spray can job, or mirror replacement? Spray can, see if it actually works? | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13066 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | I think that the worst part could be to clean the old mirror well enough. I also Think that the backside of the mirror needs some protection layers over the spray paint for to last long. It might be a good idea to get a whatever car mirror and do some tests with paint strip and polishing. | ||
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