Does Anyone Chrome O Matter?

[BoostBear]

@Baron didnt you have a lead for chrome plating?

 

[The Saint]

In the absence of chrome, shiny aluminum look would be good too I guess.

 

[Funky-Trixtar]

In the absence of chrome, shiny aluminum look would be good too I guess.

There are chrome paints that exist, which are ultra shiny: suggest you do some research on them. Even though the chrome reflectivity is difficult to keep, you should be able to get an shiny look which also has been cleared.

 

[The Saint]

There are chrome paints that exist, which are ultra shiny: suggest you do some research on them. Even though the chrome reflectivity is difficult to keep, you should be able to get a shiny look which also has been cleared.

Thanks. I’m not looking to do this myself. I don’t have the talent for it!

 

[zwc0442]

There are chrome paints that exist, which are ultra shiny: suggest you do some research on them. Even though the chrome reflectivity is difficult to keep, you should be able to get an shiny look which also has been cleared.

Pretty much all of those go completely dull when you put a solvent clear over em. They look good if you don't clear em. But they have no durability without clear they rub right off. And clear makes em look like regular metallic paint. I've tried doing a water based intercoat to seal it but water based paints and solvents don't jive the best. And by the time you get it to work you've got 3 to 4 different layers of paints to get it to look good. Which makes the film thickness more and then more likely to chip.

 

[Funky-Trixtar]

Pretty much all of those go completely dull when you put a solvent clear over em. They look good if you don't clear em. But they have no durability without clear they rub right off. And clear makes em look like regular metallic paint. I've tried doing a water based intercoat to seal it but water based paints and solvents don't jive the best. And by the time you get it to work you've got 3 to 4 different layers of paints to get it to look good. Which makes the film thickness more and then more likely to chip.

So, not as great as I was led to believe then.......

 

[Baron]

@Baron didnt you have a lead for chrome plating?

Hey bud, sorry for the late reply I hardly checked this site lately. I know someone from the states and in the Philippines, who do vacuum plating it used to cost US$70 per pair.

 

[Baron]

In the absence of chrome, shiny aluminum look would be good too I guess.

These are Larry’s job. He’s base in US. The Gold Jawbone was done by his associate in the Philippines.