over the years -
i have tried them all -
this is the best ever
http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CFUQ8wIwAA
i have tried them all -
this is the best ever
http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... CFUQ8wIwAA
super chrome !!!
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Does it really end up looking like the cap or just a funky silver color like all the other products I've tried? 
It is shiner than other paints but does not look like the cap, which is real chrome. It also can't be clearcoated to protect it because the clearcoating will dull the paint to a murky pewter color.
@Ira: Yeah, it looks good. Except it takes 18 years, 4 months and 13 days to dry. After that, your finger prints will no longer be embedded by simply touching it. But even then, you still can't handle it with any amount of vigor because it has the scratch resistance of tofu. Personally, I think clear coated silver would be a better coating for anything that will see any kind of handling or use. That chrome stuff is OK for use behind grills where it can't be touched. Ever.
@Ira: Yeah, it looks good. Except it takes 18 years, 4 months and 13 days to dry. After that, your finger prints will no longer be embedded by simply touching it. But even then, you still can't handle it with any amount of vigor because it has the scratch resistance of tofu. Personally, I think clear coated silver would be a better coating for anything that will see any kind of handling or use. That chrome stuff is OK for use behind grills where it can't be touched. Ever.
TOFU -- 
for the very first time --
starting to think that this ' norm guy' we have around here is a smart dude
thats exactly right -
last nite - i did try to clearcoat the chrome --and is turned to boring pewter :'-(
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norm ???
i only used acrylic clear spray so far -
should i even bother with clear lacquer or clear enamel ??
did YOU try those ??
for the very first time --
starting to think that this ' norm guy' we have around here is a smart dude
thats exactly right -
last nite - i did try to clearcoat the chrome --and is turned to boring pewter :'-(
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norm ???
i only used acrylic clear spray so far -
should i even bother with clear lacquer or clear enamel ??
did YOU try those ??
Won't work. Has to do with the process of how that "chrome" finish happens to be. I think the surface tension causes the metal bits to "float" to the surface during application where it crystalizes providing you with that brilliant finish. As soon as you shoot it with another coating, the metal powder will go back into suspension and not crystalize in the manner necessary to provide you with that brilliance. The only way I can see any coating working without disturbing the "chrome" is one that is not solvent based and therefore, not bring the "chrome" particles back into suspension. Hmm, know any water based clear coats?
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