Plastic mirror use?

bennelson · 11-08-09, 09:53 PM

I was doing some demolition work recently, which happened to include removal of just over 50 2'X2' plastic mirror tiles from a suspended ceiling.

I was able to take the mirror tiles, and am trying to decide what's going to be the best use for them.

I was thinking that they might best be used for some sort of solar project.

They could be used in a number of ways:
A: Set up outside to reflect more like into house in the winter
B: Use as reflectors to increase efficiency of solar panels (solar water or PV)
C: Build solar ovens
D: Build some sort of solar concentrator
E: Other Use?

Anyone have any other ideas for how to use this material? Some good use for it besides solar?

Let me know

NiHaoMike · 11-08-09, 10:11 PM

Use them to reflect away sunlight during the summer.

Daox · 11-09-09, 05:57 AM

Make a dance studio?

Xringer · 11-09-09, 08:19 AM

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Piwoslaw · 11-12-09, 12:06 AM

I wonder if the tiles should be used outside in the direct sun? I'm thinking about quick deterioration from heat and UV.
But if you make a dance studio, then I just might come by a few times

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Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 961 Thanks: 188 Thanked 110 Times in 86 Posts	I wonder if the tiles should be used outside in the direct sun? I'm thinking about quick deterioration from heat and UV. But if you make a dance studio, then I just might come by a few times