GLASS

I have a question that might sound stupid but... I gotta know. I have this television...I think it's a sony vega or something. It's fairly large maybe 40 inches. I've been told that the screen is made of a plate of 3 inch glass. If I had the proper resources could this glass be made into a mirror? If it can't tell me why. I mean...Dobson himself said he used to make mirrors out of old boat portholes.
Somebody talk to me..

Thanks!

Audie

Modern picture tube glass faceplates are single layer and well annealed, are softer than green plate and contain a lot of lead for x-ray shielding. I came across one successful project, a Schmidt camera, made from the faceplate of a 21 inch round color tube from the 1960's.
I have resurfaced a few scratched crt's and the material works much more easily than green float glass or BVC.