The reflecting mirror i’m using creates a slit duplication of the picture causing it aper unclear and kind blurry is there any other material that can be used to reflect the image or i need a higher quality mirror?

sounds like you are getting a double reflection , You need to use a “First surface mirror”, which will end the ghost reflections.

Ghosting can also be reduced by using thinner mirror, but best results nothing beats a FS mirror

If you want to convert your existing mirror to a surface mirror(SF mirrors are not cheap!) try this guide.  I think it has worked for a few people on these forums.  Skip the part on cutting the mirror down

http://www.instructables.com/id/SOURYAGFC73C2BO/ <-- Text
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-front-surface-mirror._1/ <-- Video

wait but my mirror is kinda glass not acrylic will this work?

I made a first surface mirror recently after following a how to that was posted by cerupcat. here’s a link to that post http://nuigroup.com/forums/viewthread/383/

A bit of advice; it’s not as easy as it seems from reading the how to, and if you get the mirror backing off then the aluminium is EXTREMELY delicate. I used a paint brush to apply the paint stripper at first, and even something that soft left tiny scratches in the reflective surface. Also, I tried to remove the backing from two mirrors, one was an old one I had lying around the house, the other was a really cheap one that I bought from a local DIY store. The DIY store mirror had a red coloured backing whereas the other mirror was a light blue. It was much easier to remove the backing from the DIY store mirror, so look for cheap mirrors with red backing if you can (I’m in the UK but imagine it’s a commonly used paint).

Even on the easier mirror, the paint did not ‘bubble up’ like it says in the guide. I had to *very gently* rub at the paint with handfuls of cotton wool after letting the mirror soak in paint stripper for hours. Keep reapplying and gently rubbing and you will get a front surface mirror that is perfect. Just don’t ever touch it or get it dirty....

Oh yeah, I’d tell you to wear rubber gloves but mine dissolved on contact with the paint stripper and gave me a mild burn. Be careful with the stuff.

I also thought about using acrylic mirror but found that the sample I got had tiny ripples in the reflective surface. I think maybe acrylic mirrors are lower quality than glass/aluminium so any gain in image quality from being front surface is cancelled out by imperfections in the material.

Hope this helps!

technodai: Thats odd, I have heard many success stories making FS mirrors.  Ill try it myself some time and see how it goes.  Maybe you were using too strong of a paint stripper?

Oh it was a success, it just wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. If anything I think the paint stripper wasn’t strong enough as I had to reapply so many times.

Cool!  Ill be trying this very soon, it sounds rather easy.  Though, nothing here is ever as easy as it sounds

You can get very severe paint strippers if you go to a body shop and ask nicely, it’ll do the job without any rubbing (just run under a tap).  You will chemical gloves though, and DO NOT do it indoors, run under a hose.  It’s perfectly fine when diluted with water so down the drain is ok, but please do check with your bottle first they may not all be the same.

The standard paint stripper you can buy now is a bit girly to be frank.