Silver Coating Various Materials

[Atomic_Sheep]

Hi, mirrors are made by coating glass with tin and then silver. I was wondering whether it would be possible to coat other materials with silver e.g. fibreglass? Assuming of course that an appropriate smooth finish could be achieved that would produce a mirror like finish in the end.

 

[chemisttree]

I wonder if a Tollens type silver process could be used on a fabric. Interesting idea. I'll bet it works best on a cotton type fabric. Oh wait! http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014486171100885X Not sure how reflective it is though.