Items you will need.
Get small scratches out of mirror.
Staring into a mirror with scratches can cause a frown to appear on your face.
If the scratch is in painted plastic you can easily hide the problem by using a touch up pen.
Fortunately there are a few home remedies you can apply before you lug the thing to the specialists for an expensive re silvering.
For scratches in car plastic make sure to use buffing supplies that are approved for automobile use.
If it s too good to be true it probably is what all those tutorials fail to mention is that you re essentially ruining your lenses in the process of removing those scratches if you can even get the scratch out at all.
A scratched mirror can affect the aesthetic appeal of a room.
Your mirror may have scratches in the glass or in the silvering on the back.
Even a small scratch can be distracting enough that the whole illusion is ruined and the mirror just feels wrong.
It s possible to remove surface scratches in glass by buffing them out but this technique won t work if the scratches are deep.
Either way if you consider the mirror valuable enough to repair you ll have your work cut out for you.
Light scratches should be mostly gone by now.
This hampers the very job the mirror is created for.
The scratches bare the mirror of the smoothness and purity and affect the clarity with which it reflects any object.
Spoiler alert the old adage holds true here.
Before attempting to remove the scratch in the glass clean the entire area.
The abrasive ingredients in toothpaste can occasionally polish out scratches.
Step it up and use some fine grade sandpaper to remove deeper scratches.
Don t use anything abrasive on the glass or mirror as this may leave more scratches.
This process is great for removing scratches in mirrors.
Apply a small amount of the jewelers rouge or everyday whitening toothpaste to the scratch.
Rub the mirror with toothpaste.
If the toothpaste or the mustard vinegar paste didn t work and the scratch is still too big or distracting to you bring the mirror to a professional.
In many cases you can buff the scratch out with some simple polishing compound.
Deeper scratches may not be able to be buffed out with this process.
If the scratches are light and small you will not need to replace the mirror.
You can buff out scratches in glass with a lot of different products.
Here are some common household repair methods.
Glass shops can re silver and restore mirrors to achieve the best.
Though light scratches can be fixed with home remedies larger scratches will lead to cracks and should be repaired immediately.
So let s get right into it.
