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chrome effect or super bright silver, what type is best???
i have some older rims i want to tart up & i want to make the rim edges look polished or chrome effect, as close as possible with paint anyhow! whats good, what works, what have you had good results with
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Mini 998cc grp bonnet & boot, lightend shell, 6-point cage, soon to have a turbo on the 998 engine (t2 frm a r5gt) rs turbo intercooler, hoping to get 120ish bhp?
father is building a Mini Van 1330, 45 weber, 100bhp@wheels
'RIP' 1.8 Metro GTi, 15.23 1/4mile
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Jan 24, 2007 11:23:20 GMT
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I've never had much joy with those chrome effect paints - it just looks like silver. Can't remember what brands I used now... Plasticote maybe...
Can you not get some polishing attachments for your drill and whack lacquer over it?
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Jan 24, 2007 11:55:36 GMT
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Most chrome effect paints don't stand up to being exposed to the elements. If you laquer over them they just go dull too.
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Jan 24, 2007 12:15:39 GMT
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You could try some grafitti paint. That comes in chrome and is actually pretty shiney and being meant for vandalism, stands up to quite a bit of abuse. Montanna is one brand to look out for. Alsa corp do some quite nifty looking chrome car paint but it aint cheap and has a tendancy to go dull afetr you laquer.
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Jan 24, 2007 13:31:01 GMT
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The Alsa stuff isn't meant to be lacquered is it? They also do a plastic based coating like powder coat but its like £6K for the rig to apply it with.. But its good stuff, so I hear. There was a guy doing a service to anyone who wanted stuff doing with it but his website has been down for ages. www.chromeapart.co.uk IIRC |
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Jan 24, 2007 13:37:35 GMT
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You could try some grafitti paint. That comes in chrome and is actually pretty shiney and being meant for vandalism, stands up to quite a bit of abuse. Montanna is one brand to look out for. Alsa corp do some quite nifty looking chrome car paint but it aint cheap and has a tendancy to go dull afetr you laquer. what he said ^^^^ i use those paints and they're really good, and they stick and don't come off without a grinder. belton is also another good graff paint supplier that do high quality and large quantity cans, the belton ones are faster too, higher pressure gas than the montana cans. have a look - www.molotow.de/shop/index.php?country=2 |
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even its a super bright silver, needs to be hard weraing really, its just to tart up the rim edges of my steel wheels so they look sort of chome/polished, i cant find anywhere near me that sells graffti paint tins, i'm going to be doing them this weekend so need a decent brand to go for, i mulled over the platicote type when i was in b&q is it really curse word & just like silver paint, i bought a cheapo chome paint about 6 yrs ago & it was the same a 5wheel silver haha :OP
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Mini 998cc grp bonnet & boot, lightend shell, 6-point cage, soon to have a turbo on the 998 engine (t2 frm a r5gt) rs turbo intercooler, hoping to get 120ish bhp?
father is building a Mini Van 1330, 45 weber, 100bhp@wheels
'RIP' 1.8 Metro GTi, 15.23 1/4mile
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