Convex security mirrors can be placed in any shop or commercial outlet to increase line of vision for the safety of customers and company property.
Convex security mirrors can be used at home to eliminate blind spots when reversing, parking or pulling out.
To fit a convex security mirror first you need to identify your blind spot.
A typical blind spot which is important to eliminate could be in a shop where part of the store is not visible directly from the till where the staff are working, blocked out by an aisle or other obstruction.
Another common use is to allow vision of a road to see coming traffic when exiting a driveway with no line of sight to the road, or on a road with a tight bend such as a country lane.
You can see that in both cases a convex security mirror offers serious security benefits and with no moving parts or power needed they are the simplest and most cost effective form of security for such applications in the home or work place.
The larger a mirror the bigger and better image it will reflect so for applications such as the above it is recommended to have a mirror at least 18 inches in diameter.
Glass mirrors offer a superior image over plastic mirrors which are cheaply reproduced using various different plastic materials.
Fitting a mirror internally or externally can be done using an adjustable bracket such as a ball bracket.
This allows the mirror to be fixed then the exact position fine-tuned to achieve the image that the user needs.
The best way to do this is with 2 people, 1 person to offer up the mirror were it is required and the other to take position were the blind-spot is trying to be eliminated from.
Once you are happy the image in the mirror is covering the blind spot you want to eliminate you can fix the mirror in place.
Often in interior commercial premises such as a supermarket it is much easier to hang a mirror using chains or wire and a few small screw fixings to the ceiling than using a bracket, since many supermarket ceilings do not allow for fixing of a bracket.
To maintain a crystal clear image on your glass security mirror all you should need to do is wipe dust off every month or so with a dry cloth.
Be careful when using cleaning products on any plastic mirrors as it may permanently damage the reflection, you wont have any loss of image with glass mirrors though.
Be careful when using cleaning products on plastic mirrors as it may permanently damage the reflection.
Often in interior commercial premises such as a supermarket it is much easier to hang a mirror using chains or wire and a few small screw fixings to the ceiling than using a bracket, since many supermarket ceilings do not allow for fixing of a bracket.