CHROMED PARTS

I prefer Castrol "super clean" to remove chrome from parts. It works excellent, and will NOT eat the plastic. (at least the times I've used it). I have a dash bezel for a 1:24 model A ford that has been soaking In a jar of it for a year. The chrome came off in minutes if not seconds, and has not harmed the part in any way..... I'm sure cheaper "store brand" purple cleaners will work too, but test on a junk chrome tree. Good luck! Rudy

I find a good primer will adhere to most of the metal coatings that are vapor deposited on plastic.  Only if the metal itself is adhering poorly, like flaking off, will I remove it and prime the plastic.

 

I got some Purple Power degreaser at Lowe's and it look chrome off of some headers in about five minutes. Then I just washed the parts under running water and let them dry. Works like a charm.

Try using Blechewhite (tire whitewall cleaner) to remove chrome.Also Tamiya does
not recommend using lacquers over their acrylic paint.

HTH,

Mark

Sorry for taking so long to respond

On car models I always use a coat of primer. That should help the paint stick real good.

Pat

Pat,

One thing I noticed is that when I use Clorox to strip off the chrome, the Clorox gives the plastic an all most glass look as if it had been polish. I am wondering if I need to scuff up the surface of the plastic or do you think the acrylic paint would stick to the plastic any way? I might do a test run on the a spare piece of sprue.

Scott

That's what I would do because masking sounds like it would be too difficult. With that almost chrome stuff just make sure you try it out on an old part first to make sure it is the results that you are looking for.
Good luck with the model!
Pat

Pat,

Clorox does a pretty good job but for some parts I have to soak it awhile. On the part I am talking about, I would use Bare Metal Foil but this part is an intake on one of the batmobiles from the first movie. The screen off this intake is the only thing that i was going to leave chrome but give it a black wash look to it. My research shows that the car in the movie did not have any chrome so all of it is coming off except that. The part is like a small jar cap and triming Bare Metal Foil to the size would not be easy. I guess I could strip it and use the store paint called Almost Chrome. Maybe that is what I will do.
Thanks For The Input.
Scott

You should be able to use the gloss over the acrylic once it has dried real good. You can try oven cleaner to get the chrome off the parts. Try this on a old part or chromed part of the sprue first to make sure its not going to eat at the plastic. I have used oven cleaner to strip paint before with good results but not chrome. You can paint over them but prime them first. Finally, Bare Metal Foil is maybe the best thing for a certain area since it may be hard to mask off an area of chrome you want to strip.
Good Luck,
Pat