Chrome Paint

[Grand Marquis GT]

I agree, willy.

That harlequin paint is expensive shit, and impossable to "panel paint" if you fuck your car up...

Around 4 grand to paint ur car

[roadsterstang420]

Eastwood makes a reflective silver paint for refinishing headlight reflectors. They say it's the closest to chrome you can get in a spray paint. After seeing that mirrachrome, I'm not so sure. But regardless, it's alot cheaper. It also says not to use on chrome trim, but it doesnt say not to use on plastic trim.... all this being said, why not just paint the trim chameleon or something fancy like that?

well i could stay on here all day, but it's time to huff some clearcoat

[Grand Marquis GT]

You could be like me, and paint ur chrome body color, lol..

[NitroNic]

Well MY main concern is my grille, since it's pretty big. I thought about making it white... but I really like chrome. Kinda like Grandpa's Lincoln likes white walls so much... I'm a sucker for chrome. And I'm making my grille out of styrofoam, to shape it, and fiberglassstrips /Z-Poxy finishing resin over the styrofoam. I'm now wondering if there's a certain type of primer I should use for fiberglass/epoxy.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Yeah, cause you cant paint styrofoam....

Well, you can, but wathc the styrofoam dissolve before your very eyes

[NitroNic]

Well, yeah, I knew that.... but even if for some reason I DIDN'T want to paint it, styrofoam alone would bust to peices with a 60mph air current hitting it in the face.

So any special primer? What would you, and/or the experts reccomend?

[Grand Marquis GT]

We shall wait to see what willy says...

[gsn2984]

What about Duplicolors Metalcast? I used it to make stripes on my car but they came out blue with a little metallic flakes. I think it is best used on an actual chrome surface beforehand... I still have the blue laying around with some spare chrome pieces... Now I want to know if it will turn out good. But the reason on the car it did not come out chromy is because I never used their basecoat that they have. Take a look at it because now I am going to retry it on chrome to see how it looks... if it is good, I might just paint my bumpers blue chrome.
http://duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html

[Grand Marquis GT]

Wow, Ive seen that stuff..

And yes, you needed the "ground coat" finish, which is prob like a chrome...

[NitroNic]

Hmm... it says for painted surfaces, first put on duplicolor metalcast reflective ground coat, then put the metalcast color on.

I wonder if I could use the reflective ground coat, and then put the duplicolor instant chrome enamel over that. I have a can of it, but I just used some spray primer before spraying it on (just testing it out). It didn't look too swift.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Try just reflective ground coat on something....

if it looks like chrome, just clear it!

[NitroNic]

I guess I need to go down to O'Squirrely and pick up a can of reflective ground coat. See how that helps. SHould I still prime first, then reflective ground coat, then chrome, then clear? Or is the reflective "ground coat" intended to truly be the first coat?

[Grand Marquis GT]

what is this chrome you speak of???

[gsn2984]

If you just have a piece to practice on... try the ground coat by itself, then with a primer, then a ground with a clear and then a primer with ground and clear... might as well see if anything comes out looking close... cover all bases.

[NitroNic]

"Dulicolor Chrome"

http://duplicolor.com/products/gold-chrome.html .

I also have a can of Duplicolor Aluminum "high heat with ceramic." I know it's not going to be all shiny and what not, but some school mates and I used that on a nose cone of a model rocket once, it didin't look too bad.

http://duplicolor.com/products/engine.html