Inexpensive Walmart mirrors
Has anyone tried an earlier suggestion to attach Walmart full length mirrors with glue and cloth to create a screen. I want to use 4 or 5 of these mirrors to make a screen but have limited skill and very few tools. It would be free standing along a wall with the mirrors on either end turned toward the wall at about 90 degrees. What would be a simple way to add stability?
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If you are intending that this 'screen' be free-standing, how do you plan to mount it so that it stays upright? Finding suitable hardware that will be robust enough to hold up the weight, while staying anchored to the wall, will be very difficult and not cheap.
A cloth backing will be no where strong or stable enough to counter the gravity that will be tugging down on the mirrors. You will need to build an inside frame structure first, cover it with fabric, then mount the mirror frames directly on to the frame.
'Just wondering where did you read the 'earlier suggestion' about making this type of screen? Was it an answer to a question asked, or was it a comment pertaining to a particular project here on Hometalk?
A screen made of shutters would be more stable and less breakable. Would that solve your problem?
Jayce: maybe something here will help
https://www.homedit.com/diy-mirror-projects/
Hi Jayce. Last year I bought 4 shutters from Habitat for Humanity. I plan to attach them together with hinges. I plan to make a plant stand out of the shutters. You could do the same thing to make a foldable screen. Good luck Jayce.
The Walmart mirrors I have used usually only had a cardboard back and needed to be attached to a sturdy surface like a door or wall. If you built a screen that was sturdy, you could attach a mirror to it. I recently reattached a Walmart mirror to its frame and backing after taking it off a wall. They are fairly flimsy, not sturdy enough to be free standing. Good luck and stay safe!
Hello Jayce,
You have to zig zag them from end to end!
A thin plywood, old doors, or even sheetrock panels will give support to the mirrors. You can add feet to the bottom or assemble in the zig zag pattern.
The walmart mirrors are very thin. are they hung on something? I'd be affraid they would not be stable.
Hello again,
To make them stable, you should really make a frame for each mirror and hinge it to the next in 2 or 3 places to make a sort of dressing screen. If the mirrors are thin and were meant to hang on a wall, I would want to protect myself from the hazard of them shattering by using something like Contact for mirrors /windows (clear or patterned) on each one too. Did you know you could buy Plexiglass (Perspex) mirror. You maybe able to buy from eBay or other used item outlet, a Wooden Clothes horse that might fit your bill.. Best wishes.
Hi Jayce, I hope this is what you are looking for
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/rooms/diy-mirror-room-divider-in-6-easy-steps-11285455
DIY Turn "Over the Door" Mirrors Into a Beautiful Room Divider Screen!
You need a base for them to stand on and something to hold them together next to each other they will still lean forward and back on the material.