How can I repair my bathroom mirror doors?

Siri
by Siri

The edges of my bathroom cabinet mirrors turn black from the edges. Is there an easy way to repair/ hide this?

  3 answers
  • Jan Clark Jan Clark on Jan 02, 2019

    The quick answer is there is no EASY way to repair it. Resurfacing a mirror is all kinds of messy. So, unless you want to replace the mirror the easiest way is to cover the edge. You can cover them with just about anything. Depending on the existing cabinet, you get to choose! If you want to match the cabinet, you can get some molding at your home store (plastic or wood, again your choice!) and cut it to fit. Paint (or stain) it to the the color you want. You can glue it on with almost anything - gorilla glue, hot glue, silicone adhesive - whatever.)

    If you have a certain style or theme in your bathroom, you could do that to cover the edges. There are all kinds of materials from small bathroom tiles (cut to fit), to mosaic, to rope, even decoupage a nice scrapbook paper. Think of this as an opportunity to make your mirror pop and have some fun doing it!

    • Siri Siri on Jan 02, 2019

      WOW. Thank you for taking the time to give me so many ideas. A few will work for my situation, and I will go shopping. And I will follow your best suggestion: have fun doing it. What a nice person you are. I wish you a wonderful new year. Thanks again.

  • Linda Linda on Jan 02, 2019

    Here is a alternate solution to your mirror issue. Add some trim around the mirror to hide the damage edges.

  • TheHoneycombHome TheHoneycombHome on Jan 05, 2019

    Maybe you can disguise them? I used overlays on my bedroom mirrored doors: https://thehoneycombhome.com/mirrored-closet-door-makeover/

    • Siri Siri on Jan 05, 2019

      Your mirrors look beautiful. Unfortunately I cannot use this solution for my mirror doors. My doors swing open.I have sort of 4 medicine cabinet doors on top of a double sink. But the first recommendation was very useful. I will shop for some adhesive tape and cover the edges. Thank you for all your inputs. I am very impressed that people take the time to find an answer to my little problem. Thanks to all of you.