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General Forums: => General Boards => Topic started by: tiger on November 23, 2016, 09:53:54 AM
do any body knows what's the best way for chrome painting ?
is using water necessary?
Thanks in advance
"Chrome painting" is usually the same thing as the silvering of mirrors. It uses toxic substances and has no durability at all.
Chrome plating is a complex, even more toxic, electrochemical process that is illegal to perform in most EU states without a licence.
The best way for chrome plating is to hand the parts over to a plating company, usually with a big handful of cash, and wait for them to come back.
If possible, I would replace any chromed parts with stainless steel.
There is also an alternative method (http://www.dual-metallising.co.uk/services/chrome-effect-on-plastic/) (vapour deposition- unless that's what you meant with the technique used for silvering of mirrors) which is used for creating a chrome effect on e.g plastic parts, perhaps this is what the O.P means?
Or perhaps this (http://www.autosessive.com/products/80283/holts-simoniz-chrome-paint-500ml?gclid=CJTpiNDJwdACFUKfGwodg4wNmw#fo_c=1195&fo_k=7aba792095ba7f23ac8379d6e41a5728&fo_s=gplauk), no idea of the quality of finish it gives though..... probably not very good unless it's applied to a dead smooth surface!
Mirror silvering can be done in a few ways. Brush and spray are the most common. But it uses ammoniacal silver nitrate. This will kill you in short order if it gets into your lungs. Vapour deposition is, as far as I know, limited to plastics. So that covers much of modern cars. 8 -)
The aerosol might be easier to apply to a smooth surface - the other systems will need a mirror finish, polished surface as they are much, much thinner.
I've never used that aerosol - I do wonder what it is like.
For robust, everyday use there is only the route of real chrome or stainless.