The mirror is a frequent glass in buildings or home decorations. The typical followings are silver mirrors and aluminum mirrors. However, with the requirements of modern society for environmental protection, an environment-friendly mirror comes to mirror. So, if you're considering a copper-free mirror, here's something you need to know.
WHAT IS A COPPER-FREE MIRROR?
Copper-free mirror (also an Eco-friendly mirror) is a silver mirror. Whether ordinary silver mirror or copper-free Mirror, both are coated glass, and their production process is similar; all these must option high-quality float glass. The regular silver mirror coating combines silver and copper, but the copper-free mirror is covered with a unique metal film instead copper after being coated with silver. Finally, lead-free paint (The varnish is light grey color) on the back of the mirror can produce a high-quality copper-free and lead-free mirror.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF COPPER-FREE MIRRORS?
The ordinary silver mirror uses copper coating during production. Since copper is a heavy metal element, the waste of copper during the production and use of silver mirrors will impact the environment. other, the ordinary silver mirror varnish has lead, which is also harmful to the environment. However, copper-free mirror adopts lead-free and copper-free materials and achieves the concept of environmental protection. Usually, the ordinary silver mirror will be coated with a copper layer after silver plating. But, a copper-free mirror replaced it with a particular metal film, reducing oxidation and having better corrosion resistance. Generally, the time for copper-free mirrors to oxidize is about a year. Still, it will mainly be affected by the onsite environment. Copper-free mirror has the features of clear imaging, high reflectivity, high brightness, and good color reproduction, high durability. Therefore, the quality of the copper-free mirror is better than that of an ordinary mirror.
WHAT CAN WE USE THE COPPER-FREE MIRRORS?
The eco-friendly mirror can be used in vanity mirrors, dressing mirrors, decoration wall cladding, exterior, and interior decorations, Framed mirrors, Custom mirrored tabletop, and so on.
