I considered safety glass but couldn't find mirrors made with it. Tempered
glass breaks into millions of little pieces but the "death of a thousand
cuts" takes a lot longer than a single good slice from a long sharp shard.
:-)

After consulting with the glass dealer I am going to bed them in mirror
mastic on a 4 mm okoume so if it breaks most of the particles should stay in
place. There will be a lot of tiny chips to be cleaned up but at least they
will not be fatal. Also the beveled edges add a touch of "class" to the ah,
er, ... what's the naudical term for boudoir?. :-)

"Paolo Zini" wrote in message
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That is what I am looking at now. Local glass supplier can order
tempered
glass beveled edge mirrors.

Only curious... There is a translation problem maybe...
Tempered glass means the type of glass that if broken fall down in million
of small pieces?
If is that, is safe?
Isn't better the safety glass used for windshield and shop windows, the
type
that have a plastic film between two layer of glass? that one even if
broken
remain in a single piece, connected by the plastic film...

Paolo




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Imagine the bilge after some of those shards makes it to your bilge pump.

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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I considered safety glass but couldn't find mirrors made with it. Tempered
glass breaks into millions of little pieces but the "death of a thousand
cuts" takes a lot longer than a single good slice from a long sharp shard.
:-)

After consulting with the glass dealer I am going to bed them in mirror
mastic on a 4 mm okoume so if it breaks most of the particles should stay
in
place. There will be a lot of tiny chips to be cleaned up but at least
they
will not be fatal. Also the beveled edges add a touch of "class" to the
ah,
er, ... what's the naudical term for boudoir?. :-)

That's kind of what I was suggesting the other day. If you bed it in mastic,
it won't go anywhere even if it breaks. I think the tempering would be
redundant. The mastic will accomplish the same thing, at a much lower cost,
IMHO.

BTW, I used to work as a glass installer for Binswanger, so I have some
experience with this stuff.

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"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message

After consulting with the glass dealer I am going to bed them in mirror
mastic on a 4 mm okoume so if it breaks most of the particles should stay
in
place.