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Soop
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 Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 5:19 am Post subject: Chroming ?? |
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Was thinking about getting a few small pieces chromed up to set off they car.
One thing I was thinking of was to get my front plastic grille chrome coated.
Is there any chrome paints that actually look like chrome ? Most come out a shitty silver colour.
What is involved in getting this done ? |
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Reddez
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Chroming ?? |
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| Chrome being reflective requires a perfectly flat surface as you'll see all the imperfections. So a spray on paint will look shit unless you did stax of preparation. I dunno where to try, check out the yellow pages for chrome platers... |
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Loz
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Chroming ?? |
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Theres a couple of spray paints that come out good. They do need the same prep as befor painting a car and afterwards they need to be rubbed back and polished. Cant remember the name but will find out. A grill would be hard though given the work that needs to be done after spraying.
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Soop
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 6:00 pm Post subject: Re: Chroming ?? |
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These chrome sprays are in acrylic ?
If so then it shouldn't be too much of a problem to cut it back and get some shine.
Cheers. |
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hypaTG
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: Chroming ?? |
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| where are you from soop? if you are in melbourne, i know there is a chrome plater on the corner of patterson road and the nepean hwy in moorabbin. if not, the yellow pages is sure to have some chrome platers in there. |
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Green Potato
rice boy
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Chroming ?? |
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| Some dashboard resto mobs used to advertise plastic chroming for instrument surrounds on older cars etc could be worth a try. |
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ByteMe22
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Chroming ?? |
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| is there really...huh...i drive past there every day and did not know..... |
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