Chamois mirror cover?

[gooseholla]

Hello,

I've read on a website that you can use a leather chamois as a mirror cover, as long as it is warmish and dry. Is this true or will it damage the mirror in anyway?

Regards

John

 

[dweller25]

I have read the same but never tried it. Personally I would not want anything to touch my mirror....

[gooseholla]

Thanks for the reply.

You see that is what I am thinking. It may be soft and not hurt the mirror but what if there is something on the mirror such as dust, a fleck of paint and when you take it off or put it on it scratches it? I think I have come up with a solution for now. A wooden disc half an inch bigger than the mirror sits on top of the 3 mirror posts.

John

[dweller25]

Yes - that's a much better idea

[Physopto]

Chamois lether will absorb moisture from the atmosphere. It is treated during manufacture, can't remember with what, but possibly will, with moisture etch the mirror surface if in contact. Seems a very bad idea. Mirrors are expensive to take that sort of chance on. I think nothing at all should ever touch the surface. If possible not even the air. Maybe we need to live in a vacuum,

Derek