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?. :-)