Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Is spray adhesive clear? How strong is it?

We have a mirror in our bathroom that was attached using something that leaked through and we have a big ';x'; stain basically in our mirror (from the previous owners). There is tile all around the mirror and we would like to just put a new mirror on top of the old yucky ';x'; stained mirror and we are wondering how we can attach it? Thanks!!Is spray adhesive clear? How strong is it?
Yes it is clear. Strong for certain objects but I doubt if it would hold up a mirror. Most likely it would mess up the paint on the back of the mirror.


If removing it out of the question then you could use double sided tape. It most likely would have to be of the foam type if you can't get both mirror real close to each other. You could also us velcro tape. Check out epoxy and some of the construction glues at your local hardware store. They should say if they will work on glass. Remember that the back of a mirror is nothing more than a coating of silver type material then a couple coats of paint. Nothing very solid there as you can guess since the one you have has an X in it.





Why not just tape everything up real good all around the old mirror using painters blue tape, then bust the old one out and install the new one in it's place.





They also make plastic hanger thingies that you set your mirror in then screw the hanger to the wall. Door mirrors are hung that way.

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