Eden has furniture now ~

[Lon]

Nevermind. Scratch the balloon thing, unless you could find one with an unprinted side, it won't work. I bought a cheap one from a dollar store and figured I could use the inside. The inside is dull. So I wiped at the shiny side with acetone to remove the design and the shiny part came off -_-

[Calochortus]

Such cute furniture! I love the armoire~

Real mirrors use a chemical reaction to adhere aluminum/silver to glass. Even if you do have a chemist shop that has silver nitrate nearby, you would still need a glass cutter to get the shape you wanted. Conversely, some people say that they can make a mirror using spray paint. Still, needs the glass cutter...

.....More or less useless, I know.

There is such a thing as mirror vinyl in the automotive industry. I haven't used it before, so I wouldn't be able to tell you if/how it works, but it looks shiny.....

edit: I've also seen mirrored gift wrap. That might be less expensive (and you could wrap gifts with what's left~~)

[mochi.kochi]

Nevermind. Scratch the balloon thing, unless you could find one with an unprinted side, it won't work. I bought a cheap one from a dollar store and figured I could use the inside. The inside is dull. So I wiped at the shiny side with acetone to remove the design and the shiny part came off -_-

I just bought one!! haha, but then you just gave me an advice :>, don't use acetone XD. I wonder if rubbing alcohol would work? Also I didn't even think to check the dollar stores >.< I bought one from a flower store, oh well, It should be better..I hope. I'm just savouring the design of the balloon for a few days before I pin a hole in it

[mochi.kochi]

Nevermind. Scratch the balloon thing, unless you could find one with an unprinted side, it won't work. I bought a cheap one from a dollar store and figured I could use the inside. The inside is dull. So I wiped at the shiny side with acetone to remove the design and the shiny part came off -_-

I just bought one!! haha, but then you just gave me an advice :>, don't use acetone XD. I wonder if rubbing alcohol would work? Also I didn't even think to check the dollar stores >.< I bought one from a flower store, oh well, It should be better..I hope. I'm just savouring the design of the balloon for a few days before I pin a hole in it

[mochi.kochi]

Such cute furniture! I love the armoire~

Real mirrors use a chemical reaction to adhere aluminum/silver to glass. Even if you do have a chemist shop that has silver nitrate nearby, you would still need a glass cutter to get the shape you wanted. Conversely, some people say that they can make a mirror using spray paint. Still, needs the glass cutter...

.....More or less useless, I know.

There is such a thing as mirror vinyl in the automotive industry. I haven't used it before, so I wouldn't be able to tell you if/how it works, but it looks shiny.....

edit: I've also seen mirrored gift wrap. That might be less expensive (and you could wrap gifts with what's left~~)

Hmm, I wonder. Is the chemical reaction you mentioned the kind schools use to experiment? I remember a friend having an experiment with a coke bottle being all silver and shiny from the inside. For the mirror vinyl, I might ask my sister if she knows this, if ever it's cheap also >,< and definitely research the gift wrap, it sounds awesome! Thanks!!

[Lon]

Aw crud. I tested out the rubbing alcohal thing. Rubbing hard enough to remove all the design also took out the silver. -_-

[mochi.kochi]

Aw crud. I tested out the rubbing alcohal thing. Rubbing hard enough to remove all the design also took out the silver. -_-

-_-. Water? I should pin a needle on that balloon soon. Maybe on the weekdays after work. Soon.

[britbrat18]

There's this tutorial that says to use aluminum foil, and the thin clear plastic that comes with picture frames. It says it's supposed to have a reflection...not sure how well it would work, but I figure it's worth a try!

http://www.ehow.com/how_5950847_make-va ... -doll.html

[mochi.kochi]

There's this tutorial that says to use aluminum foil, and the thin clear plastic that comes with picture frames. It says it's supposed to have a reflection...not sure how well it would work, but I figure it's worth a try!

http://www.ehow.com/how_5950847_make-va ... -doll.html

This would be even cheaper than the balloon thing. My dad told me a trick to straighten out foil. He said to use a piece of cloth to straighten it. Maybe wrapping it around your finger and stuff. I will try the balloon and if I can find the plastic film thing I will definitely try this as well, Thanks~

[Calochortus]

Hmm, I wonder. Is the chemical reaction you mentioned the kind schools use to experiment? I remember a friend having an experiment with a coke bottle being all silver and shiny from the inside. For the mirror vinyl, I might ask my sister if she knows this, if ever it's cheap also >,< and definitely research the gift wrap, it sounds awesome! Thanks!!

It sounds like the school experiment is close to the specific reaction I'm talking about. It's a bit specialized and does use some rather unhappy chemicals, so I wouldn't suggest it unless you really wanted to make a lot of mirrors.

I also want to make a little correction to the spray paint suggestion -- I think the link I listed is talking about mirror spray, which is a metallic/mirror-like spray paint. I've never used it, and I've only seen a few photos of results, but it would probably be more mirror-like than the gift wrap suggestion.