Chemical plating of glass with copper?
According to Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry (Vol 3, p226), a similar effect can be obtained for copper using copper(II) acetate, ammonia, and hydrazine.


  The copper metal forms when hydrazine reduced and ammonia complex of
  copper(II) in basic solution. Hydrazine slowly reduces the complex to
  copper metal. When the surface of the test tube is very clean and wet,
  the copper metal will adhere to it, forming a copper-colored mirror.
  
  The overall reaction that occurs in this demonstration can be
  represented by the equation $\ce{2[Cu(NH3)4]2+_{(aq)} + N2H4_{(aq)} +
&gt; 4OH-_{(aq)} -&gt; 2Cu_{(s)} + N2_{(g)} + 4H2O_{(l)} + 8NH3_{(aq)}}$


Whether or not this can be described as "about the same effort" depends entirely upon the access you have to hydrazine, and to appropriate handling/safety equipment for working with the reagents. While hydrazine in solution is -- if I recall correctly, but I am not an MSDS -- considerably more stable than pure hydrazine, it's still toxic and corrosive (among other things).