Illuminated bathroom mirrors can be quite expensive (300 EUR and more), and most of them are shipped with integrated LEDs. This means that you cannot replace the lamps and have to dump the whole mirror in case of LED (or driver circuit) failure.
I did not like this concept, so I created my own mirror.
Bill of Materials:
- 1 crystal mirror (80 cm x 60 cm, frameless, no-nonsense, 19 EUR)
- 3 m LED stripe (local discounter got one on sale last year, 9.99 EUR)
- 4 m aluminium reflector profile for said LED stripes (FLAT-T-2000, 2×12 EUR)
- 4 m plastic cover for aforementioned aluminium profile (Blende-T-2000, 2×3.99 EUR)
- 4 corner plates (something like this, needs to fit into the profile’s 2 mm grooves, 4×2.55 EUR)
- mirror glue (something not affecting the mirror’s backside, like this silicon-based glue, 11.15 EUR)
Overall, this one cost me less than 90 EUR.
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- Cutting the profile with a mitre saw.
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- All parts of the frame: mitre-cut profiles (surfaces protected by tape), corner plates.
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- Frame (facing down) fixed to the floor with tape, corner plates glued in place.
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- Mirror placed inside frame (both facing down), glued together (hollow seam).
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- LED stripe ready to be mounted.
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- Mounting the LED stripe (self-adhesive).
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- Tailoring the plastic cover; cutter/scalpel suffices.
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- Wall mount: screwing hooks (the distance is need by the LED stripe’s wall power supply).
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- Mirror accomplished!
This is awesome!