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absazooky-sierra

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:55 am

Has anyone ever done it or can you get a paint in crome , im thinking of doing the grill on my project. Please share you info with me
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alien

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:13 am

theres some powdercoaters that can achieve a super high gloss chrome now, might be an option.

I've not seen any really decent spray-on jobs though... more often than not they flake off pretty quick too.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:15 am

How do you powdercoat plastic??

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:21 am

I have heard of it being done .. And even looked into getting it done but everone said it makes the plastic go really brittle and wouldnt do it. So have never seen a piece that was done.

And from memory (was years and years ago and the memory bank isnt too good these days) it was a powdercoater who was doing it .

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reallyuted

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:27 am

i've herd of plastic getting cromed, i think its called spectra crome or something similar

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:28 am

www.sprayonchrome.com/

absazooky-sierra

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:42 am

If you spray it on do you think you could put a clear over it

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:46 am

<<<<< cost about $2 from supercheep!

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alien

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:47 am

you still have the issue of plastic being more flexible than the paint on top of it... just bugs hitting it while you drive would be enough to crack it and start it flaking off.

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absazooky-sierra

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:48 am

SSSIERA have you used it ?

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absazooky-sierra

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:59 am

Good point alien
thanks for the help
i seen a heap of the crazy japanese zooks with crome grills and they look tough as

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:00 am

The process for chroming plastics used to be to spray them with a copper based paint and then electroplate them, most platers aren't big fans of the process as it effects the chemistry in the baths negatively.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:06 am

A place that does Hydro ghraphic's maybe? But it would cost to much if they did.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:07 am

squizzytaylor wrote:

Answers my question then. Makes sense also

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:11 am

Hydro graphics???

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:14 am

http://customhydrographics.com/

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:15 am

Chop wrote:

http://customhydrographics.com/

$ound$ expen$ive

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:16 am

Most likely :lol:

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:17 am

And looks expensive too

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:21 am

Scroll down to see some expensive rocker covers :lol:

http://www.chopsmitty.com/services

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absazooky-sierra

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:27 am

Thats just GETHO!!

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:19 am

SSSIERA wrote:

<<<<< cost about $2 from supercheep!

Sounds like you've been sniffing a bit to much of it.

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:27 pm

you can have just about anything chromed, there was a stand at that hot rod show at the burswood the guy had plastic, wood, pottery all sorts of crap chromed. they had bike fairings in gold, black and normal chrome that looked like chromed metal not like nasty paint, cant remember his business name but he did offer a post in service. They did restorations as well. should be able to find him on google. pretty sure the process was silver then copper then chrome could be wrong though

the first google result www.chrometech.com.au not the same company but would do the job

probably not real cheap

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alien

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:28 pm

haha imagine the price of that!!!

black chrome is about 90% silver from memory... its about the most expensive one you can get...

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:31 pm

i had an xb coupe with black chrome bumpers looked mean

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:49 pm

Jeez there is some shit in this thread.

I have had a plastic grill from a honda accord chromed from a place in castle hill, Nsw. $300, And later, the chrome flaked/cracked because of the heat in the sun. Might of been dodgy, But i havent seen other chromes do this. They chrome anything from banana's to roses.

Metal chrome is a different story.

You can buy chrome grills from Jap land.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ja1 ... &FORM=BIFD
Alot of grill options:
http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... 21&start=0

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:14 pm

Most cars these days have plastic that is chrome finished if you search it on Google lots of places do it.

absazooky-sierra

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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:07 pm

Thanks for all the help seems to be heaps of options

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