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Best way to paint chrome?
I painted the chrome bumper and grill shell of my Dodge Ram about 6 months ago and its starting to peel already. My process was sand all the chrome with 200 grit, clean, sprayed with rattle can primer, then shot it will a lacquer based paint using a gun.
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Have the chrome removed at a plating shop first.
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08-25-2008, 05:26 AM
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You'll be sanding a while. I don't think you can do it.
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You did what I would have recommended. Perhaps you should have it professionally stripped as suggested?
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I stripped the chrome on a whole car once and painted it flat black. I had it sandblasted.
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I would think that you would need an etching primer to properly adhere to the chrome surface.
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No, now that you ask, we just blasted it, roughed it up, and I painted it with Imron, I don't know if they still make it or what. I was making a Knight rider looking 73 El Camino, dark gray, louvered hood, and all trim blacked out. I liked it at the time.
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just buy some crhome polish and polish it to a high shine....should start peeling off in about 6 months!!
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Be careful if you have something like that sandblasted. You could end up with a wavey part. The thinner the metal, the more careful you need to be.
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Re sand part (sandblast if you have easy access) and prime with something like SEM self etching primer. Good stuff. Without totally removing chroming and doing proper prep it'll peel eventually.
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08-25-2008, 10:44 AM
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Whats a good medium for blasting it? Sand?
I've been wanting to buy a blaster for awhile. Give me a reason. 
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08-27-2008, 09:33 AM
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Confer with a powder coater. They might suggest prepping or not. Powder coating is much more durable than spray paint, but you have to remove from the vehicle.
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