Home Made Blue LED Infinity Mirror


An infinity mirror that my dad and I made and finished in January 2011. They aren't really very hard to make and you can easily find the materials you need if you google "How to make an infinity mirror" and so on.

What you need: 
This one was made using two pre-cut pieces of perspex (strong, widely available plastic). One piece being transparent and one piece mirrored. Place some window tint over the transparent one to get the desired infinity effect with the completed mirror.

We made a wooden frame that had hollow sides all the way around which allowed for the placing of the many LEDs and their wires. The frame was only put together using strong "wood glue" and some nails but this was more than enough. The LEDs were places in many drilled holes and then kept in place with blu-tac (we weren't very professional about it but it did the job). 

Infinity mirrors are definitely worth making. They look beautiful anywhere, aren't very expensive to make and even work as a regular mirror when turned off. Additionally, due to the lights being LEDs and not bulbs, they will probably last a lifetime if you aren't too rough with them. 

Points to mention: Be very careful with the LEDs when placing them through drilled/any holes. If it is a tight squeeze, don't push them too hard, especially not with your fingers as the wiring can (and will) break. These can be fixed with some soldering but this is a lot of effort! I would suggest you just be careful. Also, although it may be more expensive, if I was to re-make the mirror, I would use glass instead of perspex. This is due to several reasons: 
1. Perspex scratches very very easily and for those perfectionists out there, it may annoy you.
2. It can also be bent very easily (my mirror, when turned on, looks like the lights are going inwards as well as back; originally when I tested it, it didn't do this).
3. I don't think that window tint is really meant to be fitted onto perspex, although it worked I think the quality would have been better it glass was used instead.

* having said all this, perspex is safer, lighter and the bendiness does produce a really cool effect if you press it lightly (the lights all move).*

Will probably be making another video soon of snap-shots taken as the mirror was being made. Enjoy making your Infinity Mirror!!!