Antique Vanity
01-30-2011, 01:41 PM
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I have an antique vanity - the mirror is not glass like today - it has the black behind it.
If I use windex to clean it - it streaks and doesn't look clean. I've used viniger and newspaper and that seems to be the same effect.
Do you just have to polish them clean or is there a trick I'm missing?
If I use windex to clean it - it streaks and doesn't look clean. I've used viniger and newspaper and that seems to be the same effect.
Do you just have to polish them clean or is there a trick I'm missing?
01-30-2011, 02:34 PM
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this is what is going on, the silver on the back has gone bad, this happens with old mirrors, the only thing you can do is replace the mirror, we do that with a lot of antiques we buy, nothing else you can do if you want to use it.
01-30-2011, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by earlylace
this is what is going on, the silver on the back has gone bad, this happens with old mirrors, the only thing you can do is replace the mirror, we do that with a lot of antiques we buy, nothing else you can do if you want to use it.
01-30-2011, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by isewhappy
Originally Posted by earlylace
this is what is going on, the silver on the back has gone bad, this happens with old mirrors, the only thing you can do is replace the mirror, we do that with a lot of antiques we buy, nothing else you can do if you want to use it.
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