How to smoothly and accurately cut a mirror with your own hands, even without the skills.

Mirrors have long been used not only for their intended purpose, but also in interior design.

With their help, they visually expand the space in the room, increase the amount of light in it and even mask various protrusions and structures.

therefore not surprisingthat when implementing interesting ideas during renovation there is a need for cutting mirrors according to the required dimensions.

In this case, of course, you can turn to professionals.

But it is not always convenient and expedient.

After all, sometimes you only need to make a few cuts.

Then it is quite possible to complete them with your own hands, even without having the skills. The main thing is to know the mirror cutting technology. It will be discussed below.

In our case, it became necessary to cut the mirror from below. It will serve as an example for considering cutting technology.

Let's start by choosing a tool.

By far the best is to cut the mirror diamond glass cutter. But it is quite expensive and it is advisable to buy it with frequent use.

We only need to make one cut, so it is quite possible to do with the usual roller glass cutter.

First of all, to start cutting the mirror, need to prepare the foundation, on which the work and the mirror itself will be performed.

The mirror must be placed on a flat surface with the front side up. After which it is washed, degreased and dried.

Now you can start directly with the cutting process.

For this cutting rollerglass cutter is moistened with kerosene or turpentine.

This allows you to reduce the formation of microcracks and reduce the friction force that occurs during operation.

The mirror is cut one quick movestarting from the far edge, moving towards yourself.

The glass cutter is held perpendicular to the surface at an angle of 90 degrees.

The ruler sets the direction of movement of the cutter.

After the incision has been made, the mirror is positioned so that the cutting line protrudes slightly beyond the edge of the table.

Then one with a sharp movement, when fixing the mirror by hand, the cut off part breaks off.

After that, it remains only to process the edges of the cut with sandpaper.