| Show cloudy mirror A mirror may have become cloudy from either of two reasons the surface may have become covered with fine scratches or else too strong a light falling on it may have damaged the silvering in the former case the scratches may be almost completely removed by rubbing the part affected with a piece of soft leather moistened with water and dipped in jewelers rouge if you have much to do it will save time to set up a buff wheel made of wood and grind out the scratches with fine pumice stone and water and then polish with a felt buff and rouge with water |