My dash looked a right state.
The black had been painted in tar with a blunt stick by a drunk who'd then gargled with some dull aluminium paint and dribbled it over the top
I used thinners and a scotchbrite to remove the mess and i've sprayed the lot gloss black.
Is there any way of re-doing the chrome bits?
Are the aerosol 'chrome' sprays as crap as all the reviews i've read?
Options:
- paint it yourself with a 'chrome' aerosol. Will look decent, but not like exactly chrome. But cheap
- send it to be chromed (I'm assuming it's plastic?)
- send it to someone to do a pukka 'chrome' paintjob. It will look exactly like chrome (but I assume won't be cheap either...)
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It's plastic. It originally had a chrome coating like you see on kids toys. Then it's overpainted with black. The wear had gone right through the black and the chrome.
It's to tricky to spray because of the lettering, etc
The paint pens work quite well,although can be a bit "gloopy" if you go over what's been done too soon. best finished off with clear lacquer as the newness soon dulls.
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It would be fiddly here, but you can use chrome tape too. Its really thin tape/foil (like small sellotape) which you stick on and then razor to size. Used on headrest trims and things... Its actually reflective (like chrome) as opposed to chrome paint which is , well, paint. i.e. not reflective.
Like I say, might be slightly more awkward for this, you have some fine detail there.
Hmmm, i too need a solution to this. Ive seen the Chrome paint and its really good, but the cost of buying what you need to use is way to much just to sort out my dash!
Gareth I use alclad all the time. Have posted it on the message board as well but know one seemed to to take any notice. I have used it on the plastic back to the arm rests and they look great you can Bananarama! as well. as you said they do lots of different colours with the chrome you have to spay gloss Black undercoat.
I tried out a can of Simoniz chrome paint and it's not actually too bad!
It ain't chrome but it's a lot better than just silver paint. I masked and sprayed the surround then sprayed some paint ino the lid and brush painted the detail bits. Beiing a clumsy oaf it ain't perfect but i'm happy with it
I've also replaced the heater controls with a 'delete' plate, drilled for a couple of switches.
DaveBishop wrote:Gareth I use alclad all the time. Have posted it on the message board as well but know one seemed to to take any notice. I have used it on the plastic back to the arm rests and they look great you can Bananarama! as well. as you said they do lots of different colours with the chrome you have to spay gloss Black undercoat.
WIll try that
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