Small cabinet doors with mirrors

[GeoffW]

Hi,
I'm making a simple bathroom cabinet in oak for my brother.
Nothing out of the ordinary, but he's asked for mirrors in the doors.
Is there a recommended way to seat them in the door panels, to keep out moisture? Simply bedded on silicone? Or anything else?

I'll be fixing them in from the back with beading.

Thanks guys

Geoff

 

[9fingers]

I made our bathroom cabinet 40 years ago and took no special methods regarding moisture and not noticed any problems.

 

[Mike G]

The problem with mirrors is that anything you use will be reflected, and you'll be able to see it. They're weird things, mirrors. Make sure you apply finish to the inside front of the groove they sit in otherwise it will show in the reflection as a different colour to the frame. I've taken to using a rebate rather than a groove, and holding them in with something removable like a bead, or corner pieces, or a backing board.......and I certainly don't fix them in with any gunk.

 

[GeoffW]

Thanks for the prompt replies guys.
It's the first time I'll be adding glass to a job, so I'm probably over thinking it.

Your advice has just made the job easier.

Geoff

 

[AndyP]

In my limited experience moisture in bathrooms and it’s affect on furniture will be determined by the level of ventilation and how the room is used. Long hot showers in a small room without an opening window and decent extraction will cause more problems than a large room, open window with a not too hot shower and always on extraction.

 

[Malc2098]

Is my memory befuddled or did I learn how to make long and short shouldered haunched mortise and tenons at school for A level for fitting glass or mirrors in as a panel?

 

[GeoffW]

Thanks for that Andy,
We've considered exactly this.
He has a large bathroom, with very good, always on extraction, and he always has good ventilation throughout.

I'm now reassured that keeping it simple will be fine.

Cheers

Geoff

 

[meccarroll]

Just a thought on the mirror doors: A lot of cabinets have the mirror stuck on to the doors with no frame very simple and no need to put in a groove or rebate you can still have a frame behind for effect if you wish.

A material which we used on boatbuilding was a composite mirror faced aluminium which was also bendable very strong and unbreakable.

3mm Silver Mirror Aluminium Composite Cut To Size

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[Richard]

The problem with mirrors is that anything you use will be reflected, and you'll be able to see it. They're weird things, mirrors. Make sure you apply finish to the inside front of the groove they sit in otherwise it will show in the reflection as a different colour to the frame. I've taken to using a rebate rather than a groove, and holding them in with something removable like a bead, or corner pieces, or a backing board.......and I certainly don't fix them in with any gunk.

I've always fitted mirrors in a rebate with a bead at the back screwed in, which I much prefer to nailing. I've never bothered with including a sealant even for a cabinet in a bathroom. My preference is to colour the rear edge of the rebate that's reflected by the mirror black: the easiest method is a black permanent marker and polish can be applied over this. All the user of the mirror sees is akin to a very slim black frame. Slainte.

 

[GeoffW]

Thanks for the helpful info guys.