Technical Mirror removal

[1stDucato]

Our Autocruise Tempo has an oval mirror on the outside of the bathroom wall opposite the cooker & represents unnecessary weight. It's clearly secured by more than the two screws on its face - there are no others in the bathroom so I'm thinking it must also be secured by adhesive. I don't want to earn 7 years bad luck by breaking the mirror so I'm asking if anyone else has tackled such a job & what advice they offer.

 

[NeilDD]

Use some dental floss as a saw to cut the adhesive away (like a bushcraft saw)
It's also good for getting stuck on logo's off the outside of vehicles

 

[1stDucato]

Use some dental floss as a saw to cut the adhesive away (like a bushcraft saw)
It's also good for getting stuck on logo's off the outside of vehicles

Thank you very much. Although I was aware of that technique it hadn't occurred to me to use it; Doh!

 

[1stDucato]

Update: tried the dental floss approach but it doesn't work. The problem is the mirror seems to have been stuck on with double-sided 'tape' comprising a thin layer of dense foam between 2 sticky surfaces. I'm wondering if drizzling cooking oil down the back of the mirror might help to loosen the connection.....

 

[Eternal Optimist]

White spirit should help dissolve the adhesive, but test inside a locker before doing the deed to ensure it doesn't discolour/ruin the panel finish.

 

[1stDucato]

White spirit should help dissolve the adhesive, but test inside a locker before doing the deed to ensure it doesn't discolour/ruin the panel finish.

Thank you. I've already had some agro from the family about the removal on the grounds of what the panel will look like afterwards. Still, a 'Shawshank' will be lighter & prettier !

 

[1stDucato]

Conclusion: to cite Agatha Christie, "The Mirror Cracked"! This occurred as I was replacing one of the 2 screws on the mirror's face at the end of a removal attempt session. However, I'd just found that the wooden backing was also secured by 4 screws under the mirror & realised that to get at them I'd have to unstick the mirror itself and I thought this was unlikely to be possible without it breaking anyway. In fact it came away without any further damage as did its wooden backing using a long thin kitchen knife applied with coatings of cooking oil to counter the multiple strands of double sided tape.
Not a wholly satisfactory outcome but at least I have a slightly lighter vehicle plus some usable wall space & will no longer have nightmares about the mirror, however we'll stuck on it appeared to be, cartwheeling down the van cab-wards in an emergency stop situation or, worse, head-on collision. Thanks again to colleagues who offered advice.