Broke off corner of bathroom medicine cabinet mirror-- what to do? (very old cabinet)

[John Yang, MD]

Hi,
I did something stupid today...
My apt has an old medicine cabinet in the bathroom with 18x21 inch
sliding doors (mirrors). The knob is missing from one of the doors,
so I went to the hardware store and bought a knob. I screwed it in
too hard and cracked off a triangle (about 3x3x5 inches) from the
corner of the mirror. So, my options are now:
1. try to buy another piece of mirror. I called Home Depot and they
don't have this size. The house is 101 years old and I doubt that I
can find an exact size medicine cabinet.
2. superglue the broken piece back, though it looks bad, since it's
then very clear that the mirror was broken before.
3. superglue the broken piece back on, and see if there's any kind of
adhesive plastic/mylar lining (I don't know if it exists) that looks
like mirror and that I can tape onto the mirror's corner.
4. see if a glass store can custom-cut a piece of mirror for me. I
have no idea how much this costs.

Replacing the whole vanity isn't an option, since a huge hole in the
wall was carved out to accommodate it, and I doubt that I could find
one of the same size. I can't hide the damaged area behind the other
mirror, because the other mirror on the medicine cabinet is already
cracked, and the cracked area was hidden behind the mirror I cracked
today.

Any advice is much appreciated,
John

[Rod Speed]

John Yang, MD <jya...@caregroup.harvard.edu> wrote in message news:e9d4f8c4.04073...@posting.google.com...

> I did something stupid today...
> My apt has an old medicine cabinet in the bathroom with 18x21 inch
> sliding doors (mirrors). The knob is missing from one of the doors,
> so I went to the hardware store and bought a knob. I screwed it in
> too hard and cracked off a triangle (about 3x3x5 inches) from the
> corner of the mirror. So, my options are now:
> 1. try to buy another piece of mirror. I called Home Depot and they
> don't have this size. The house is 101 years old and I doubt that I
> can find an exact size medicine cabinet.
> 2. superglue the broken piece back, though it looks bad, since it's
> then very clear that the mirror was broken before.
> 3. superglue the broken piece back on, and see if there's any kind of
> adhesive plastic/mylar lining (I don't know if it exists) that looks
> like mirror and that I can tape onto the mirror's corner.
> 4. see if a glass store can custom-cut a piece of mirror for me.

Thats the only viable option.

> I have no idea how much this costs.

You'll be surprised how cheap it is.

[@yunx.com Joe Agro]

> > 4. see if a glass store can custom-cut a piece of mirror for me.
>
> Thats the only viable option.
>
> > I have no idea how much this costs.
>
> You'll be surprised how cheap it is.

Agreed. Bought a small piece that they made for me from a paper pattern I
traced myself for around $20 last year.
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[Brian Seeger]

jya...@caregroup.harvard.edu (John Yang, MD) wrote:

>Replacing the whole vanity isn't an option, since a huge hole in the
>wall was carved out to accommodate it, and I doubt that I could find

Take the mirrorglass to any glass shop and they will cut you a new mirror for
probably less than 15 bucks.

[barbie gee]

In article <e9d4f8c4.04073...@posting.google.com>,

jya...@caregroup.harvard.edu (John Yang, MD) wrote:

> 4. see if a glass store can custom-cut a piece of mirror for me. I
> have no idea how much this costs.

this is your best bet.
you'd be surprised at what they can do, and I suspect it won't be all
that expensive.
don't think twice, go for it.

[Lena]

(John Yang, MD) wrote

> I did something stupid today...

> I cracked off a triangle (about 3x3x5 inches) from the
> corner of the mirror.

Doc, there's some good advice on fixing the medicine cabinet, but you
know you are going to have seven years of bad luck ;>)

Lena

[Anthony Matonak]

14 years, he broke the other mirror earlier. :)

Anthony

[John Yang, MD]

> > 4. see if a glass store can custom-cut a piece of mirror for me. I
> > have no idea how much this costs.
>
> this is your best bet.
> you'd be surprised at what they can do, and I suspect it won't be all
> that expensive.
> don't think twice, go for it.

Hi,
Thanks to everyone for their advice! I went to a shop today and they
said they'd cut me a new 20x21 piece of mirror for $25. MUCH less
than what I had expected-- I was guessing more along the lines of
$50-$100.

Thanks so much!
John