Axgard®-MSR Shatterproof Plastic Mirror

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Axgard MSR mirrors are the best plastic mirror option available today. These safety mirrors are in a league of their own. Combining unbreakable polymer resilience with a specially formulated, tough, UV protected, scratch-resistant coating, Axgard-MSR holds the key to success for many mirror projects globally. Very much at home in highly destructive and impact-prone environments, the core strength of Axgard-MSR lies at the heart of it’s success, and the added benefit of tough abrasion resistance and anti-graffiti properties makes it a favourite with specifiers and contractors alike. Plastic mirror sheets are manufactured is two main thicknesses: 6mm mirrored plastic and 3mm mirrored plastic . The 6mm plastic mirror sheet is the most popular as the extra thickness provides greater rigidity which in turn gives a better reflection quality. Common mirror applications for Axgard plastic mirrored sheets include hospital ward mirror, prison mirrors and bathroom mirrors. Fixing is simple; Axgard-MSR can be bonded to any flat substrate, or mechanically fixed. In demanding, high-security applications, a combination of both provides an extra safeguard. What is Shatter-Proof Mirror? Shatterproof Mirror is made from Plastic which doesn’t easily break. However, there are different types of plastic mirror sheet, and it’s important to understand the difference. Sometimes you will see someone selling acrylic mirror and claiming it is a shatterproof mirror, which is not exactly the case. Acrylic mirror is approximately 20 times the strength of glass mirror of the same thickness, and whilst it is a bit safer than glass mirror it actually does break when impacted. Another problem with acrylic mirror is that if you drill holes in the corners of the mirror to fix the acrylic mirror to the wall, you will often find that the acrylic mirror cracks at the corner which means the whole mirror then has to be thrown away. Also, when you cut acrylic mirror to size you will often find that it crack