Cal

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These are for my son's car; a '67 Firebird.

I did the simple etching to begin with.  He was thrilled with them.  Then I decided to try my hand at a reverse etching on the rear and applying paint.  The red is a glitter paint and really sparkles.  It is hard for me to describe his reaction to this second set...

 

BTW - if you have any tips for taking pics of mirrors, please share!

Cal

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Both look great! So on the colored ones you etched away the "backing"? I havent tried that but was thinking about it the other day.

 

My first car was a 69 Firebird.....man I regret getting rid of that. Also kick myself for getting rid of an extremely rare 67 Tempest Custom Sprint. Im a Pontiac guy through and through. Right now have a 2006 GTO

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Thanks handyman, Monkey - shame on you for parting with such fine classics!  I bought this one when I was a kid about 40+ years ago.  After my son & I did the restore I gave it to him.

As for the technique on the back of the mirror, that was exactly what I did.  Remember to reverse the image.  It looks a lot better in person than in the pic...

Cal

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Beautiful car! One day Ill make up for younger "mistakes" with a 67 GTO Convertible. Thats always been my dream car

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Nice job on the mirrors and the car.  I do a lot of blasting on mirrors and always do it from the back and paint. The problem of blasting from the front is you always get a ghost image.  The mirrors make great bar signs for the man cave.

Bob

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