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repainting chrome
Posted by ronald305 on Saturday, November 1, 2008 4:31 PM

 does any one know why testors modelmaster chrome ina spray can goes on a surface rough when spray painted and not smooth, Im spraying it right as told to, but it goes on rough is it the paint or me or should it been brushed on instead, reason I needed to repaint it is because when I was only trying to remove a haze from the surface and ended up removing the chrome it self OOOP's anyway can anyone help me here-thank you

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    November 2006
Posted by Mike H. on Sunday, November 2, 2008 8:02 AM

There's no real way to repaint chrome.  If it's a small spot, I've patched it with bare metal foil, or a Decocolor Silver Ink pen.  The other way would be to strip the entire part and use Alclad II chrome to paint the whole works.  IF you can get the Alclad II at your LHS or shipped to you.  You base the part with water-based gloss black and then paint the Alclad over the top.  I did the side pipes and wheels with AlcladII on this build - -

 

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    June 2007
Posted by ronald305 on Sunday, November 2, 2008 8:08 AM
thank you for the info it is a very small part a transmission pan for 70 buick GSX only the flat part got messed up,also  do you know if aluminum foil will work if the proper glue is used-thank you
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    October 2003
Posted by mitchum on Sunday, November 2, 2008 12:36 PM

I use aluminum foil and Micro Metal Foil Adhesive from MicroScale exclusively. With the  type cars I build I usually wind up using oftimes rereleased kits or salvalging vintage buildups and the little extra thickness of the foil compared to BareMetal helps hide some of the imperfections in the kits.

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    June 2007
Posted by ronald305 on Sunday, November 2, 2008 2:52 PM
 thanks for the info -----I will look for the adhesive tomorrow afternoon after I get off of work
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