What’s the difference between Acrylic Single Side Mirror, Double Side Mirror and Two Way Mirror?

Mirror, a polished or smooth surface that forms images by reflection. Mirror Timeline: bronze mirror → glass mirror → Acrylic Mirror(plexiglass mirror) &  Mirrors with different functions to meet different applications. Today we’ll introduce 3 types of acrylic mirror: single side mirror, double side mirror and two way mirror.

Acrylic Single Sided Mirror

Single side mirror, is the mirror we daily use. Acrylic single side mirror is the acrylic sheet electroplating a layer of aluminum, then cover a film to protect the back coating.

The combination of acrylic single side mirror: acrylic sheet + a layer of electroplate aluminum + back cover coating 

The electroplating aluminum is not transparent. The light on the Single Side Mirror will reflected, the reflectivity is the key to mirror. However, the transmission of acrylic sheet is 92% and the layer of electroplating aluminum is 90-95%.

Single-sided mirrors can also be made into convex and concave mirrors.As the acrylic sheet has rich colors and good light transmittance, we can make mirrors of different colors to meet different designs and needs.

Acrylic Two Way Mirror

Two way mirror, also known as see-through mirror, one way mirror. It electroplates a semi-transparent layer of metal on the acrylic sheet, then cover a OPAT or BOPP film. The film is to prevent the mirror free from damage and ensure the clarity.

The combination of Two Way Mirror: acrylic sheet + a semi-transparent layer of metal + OPAT or BOPP film

Why it call two way mirror?

The application of two way mirror frequently occur on the movies and news. For example, interrogation room, the police can see the criminal from the darkness, but the criminal can’t see them from the brightness. The key to this is the layer of electroplating metal, it can transmitted and reflected a part of light.

For example, we  use a flashlight to illuminate a two way mirror at 20% transparency, around 20% of light can through the mirror and the rest is reflected.

If A stands in a brightness room, he’ll see his face on the mirror because there are plenty of light in the room and a lot of light are reflected. Meanwhile, B is standing in the other side(dark side), due to the low brightness, B can see A clearly, but A can only see his face on the mirror and can’t see B.

This feature is the key to infinite mirror. The combination of infinite mirror: Two way mirror + LED light string + Single side mirror

Double Sided Mirror

Double side mirror is a mirror no matter from the front or back. There are 2 types of double side mirror in the market. One is sticking the backs of the two mirrors to each other, normally these mirrors are thick and need to choose a adhesive carefully. In addition, due to aging adhesives, it may cause the two mirrors to separate.

The other one is a mirror no matter from the front or back. It’s acrylic sheet electroplating a layer of aluminum, then cover a OPAT or BOPP film.

The combination of double side mirror: acrylic sheet + an electroplating aluminum layer + a OPAT or BOPP film

Compare with two way mirror, it’s find that their combinations are the same unless the electroplating layer. Double side mirror is the opaque two way mirror.

How do Double side mirror works:

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