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Old Oct 1, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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can chrome pipes be blackened?

hey... the only dumb question is the one you don't ask.
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Old Oct 1, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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What do you mean? I painted my chrome pipes black with high temp spray paint. You can have them powder coated or ceramic coated in just about any color you can think of...
 
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What do you mean? I painted my chrome pipes black with high temp spray paint. You can have them powder coated or ceramic coated in just about any color you can think of...
This is true. Cant have'em copper plated though. I checked.
 
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What do you mean? I painted my chrome pipes black with high temp spray paint. You can have them powder coated or ceramic coated in just about any color you can think of...

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Old Oct 1, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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i was going to try that high heat iron stove paint. it contains ceramic
 
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This is true. Cant have'em copper plated though. I checked.
man if you send them our way... we can powder them so close to copper it would blow your mind... i am doing trans gold on my bike... did a ton of parts aready and just recently shot a display bottle as well... here is what that looks like... we do all custom coatings... we can make it happen!
 
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man if you send them our way... we can powder them so close to copper it would blow your mind... i am doing trans gold on my bike... did a ton of parts aready and just recently shot a display bottle as well... here is what that looks like... we do all custom coatings... we can make it happen!
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind when I do my winter projects. I dont want a fresh light copper. Can you do an old, brown patinad copper?

That bottle looks amazing, BTW.
 
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man if you send them our way... we can powder them so close to copper it would blow your mind... i am doing trans gold on my bike... did a ton of parts aready and just recently shot a display bottle as well... here is what that looks like... we do all custom coatings... we can make it happen!
I may be sending you some pipes. I want black tho...i pass through Chicago all the time, maybe when im ready you can meet me, pick em up and have em ready to go on my return trip!
 
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