Fellow shadow watchers,
I checked out my half-remembered notion that a special
adhesive is available for fixing car interior mirrors and a visit to Halford's
(UK's largest? car parts retailer) proved this to be so. For £2.99 a small
bottle of the adhesive comes complete with a piece of what appears to be a
fabric mesh. The glass and mirror base are thoroughly cleaned, the adhesive
applied, and the mesh placed in a sandwich against the glass where it must be
held for 60 seconds. I'd guess that the mesh maintains a pre-set thickness to
the joint to accommodate expansion and will also be an effective crack-stopping
agent in the ahrdened adhesive layer.
Tony Moss.
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