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Cliff R
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Chrome paint

Post by Cliff R » Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:37 am

I am interested in if Chrome paint has made any progress towards being reasonable or if it still goes dull when you touch it.
I am interested in painting a steel bumper but from experience years ago it did not keep its shine at all and marked easily.
Maybe coating it in a clear coat helps ?
Is there a better brand and type and a better method to apply it ?

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Post by steptoe » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:21 am

:p what a con that stuff was thirty years ago !
Finish matches cap of the can - to quote John Elliott - "PIGS ARSE"
I've still got a dirty looking flat finish silver dipstick :p
I think the cap got a copper base coat

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Post by Cliff R » Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:47 am

Nothing has changed then with this stuff

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Post by RSR 555 » Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:12 pm

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Post by steptoe » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:45 am

I think any paint will do for the chroming trick, just don't get the same result you might be expecting :( Or has the propellant been changed ??

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