Hi Dale: Chemically I believe it's a very similar procedure, but the application method is more ecconomical. The article won't dwell on the technical details, but there is currently a thread on Cloudy Nights about it, and it lists suppliers and I believe a reference to procedures. It's in the ATM forum. C. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper@sdl.usu.edu>wrote:
Hi Chuck,
I think a while ago you mentioned that Mike was silvering the mirror since it was too big to put in a chamber. When I was in high school I ground a mirror and I believe I used silver nitrate and hydrochloric acid in a process to silver the small mirror (I've forgotten most of the details - but I still remember "do what ya oughter - add the acid to the water. :)" ).
I would imagine that Mike is using a less caustic method to silver the mirror. I would love to hear how it is being done. I hope that this is covered in the article that you are writing.