For quite a while I’ve wanted a mirror for the bathroom door. I want a real mirror, one made of glass. Not one of the cheap non-glass mirrors that are sold at discount stores. But real glass mirrors are expensive, so I’ve had my eyes open. One afternoon, as I was driving through a residential neighborhood, I saw a pile of things on the curb that looked like they were garbage from a bathroom remodeling job. And there was a large glass mirror! It looked like just what I wanted — and the price was right: free! It was a beveled mirror without any frame that could have been easily mounted on a door. I got out of the car to look at it and soon saw that one edge had a small chip missing, which created some sharp edges. So, it was no good. (Or so I thought.) I left it on the trash pile.
Later, as I got to thinking about it, I realized that the mirror would have been usable if it were possible to cut an inch or so off the edge with the chip. That would result in a mirror with 3 beveled edges and one flat edge. That would be okay, though. I could mount the mirror with the nice beveled edges on the top and sides and the flat edge on the bottom where it would be less noticeable. Question was: would I have to take the mirror to a professional glass cutter? or could I do it myself?
A few minutes on Youtube and I had the answer. Several videos showed that DIY glass cutting jobs are easy with a few simple and inexpensive tools. For the cost of a glass-cutting tool (which is far less than the cost of a mirror), I could have a nice mirror for my bathroom door — and I’d have a new tool that I might be able to use sometime in future.
Live and learn.
I’m still looking for a mirror.
