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Old 12-19-2008, 06:14 AM   #10
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Re: Rearview mirror resilvering

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What is "drop out"?
It's a term from the recording industry to describe how particles of the magnetic iron oxide drop out of the backing of video or audio tape after repeated play and create a distortion. In this case, I mean how the silver colored backing drops out and you get those black spots and waves in the mirror's backing. Look at Brad's 2nd pic.
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