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DIY & Home Improvement

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1. Try acetone, nail polish remover

Thu Jun 6, 2013, 08:28 PM

Jun 2013

and blot it on with cotton or crumpled newspaper.

I seem to recall that worked remarkably well.

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Anyone ever faux aged a mirror? [View all] X_Digger Jun 2013 OP

Try acetone, nail polish remover Warpy Jun 2013 #1

Hrmm.. acetone cleaned it nicely, but that's about it, hehe. X_Digger Jun 2013 #2

The Miracle of Nail Polish remover CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #7

And now I'm kicking myself... Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #3

Yeah, I think the key's in the application.. X_Digger Jun 2013 #4

I'm curious as to how the silvering is done on the back of the mirror Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #5

It's a new piece of mirrored glass, so no age to it.. X_Digger Jun 2013 #6