Painting over chrome
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Painting over chrome
has anyone painted over chrome. what did you use and how were the results. i have a chrome crash bar that i want to install on a crossbones. thanks
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I painted the horn cover and battery band with flat black wrinkle finish paint. After removing the parts from the bike, I scuffed the original finish with a scothbrite nylon pad, then sprayed with 2 coats of paint, then re-installed.
The paint has lasted for 3 years now and no sign of flaking or chipping.
The paint has lasted for 3 years now and no sign of flaking or chipping.
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Nothing wrong with powder coating for sure.
http://s1125.photobucket.com/albums/...=BEST-copy.jpg
Ive rough up some chrome items, cleaned with alcohol,
rattled canned primer, and the sprayed the black.
No problems with any of them.
Try it, what do you have to loose?
http://s1125.photobucket.com/albums/...=BEST-copy.jpg
Ive rough up some chrome items, cleaned with alcohol,
rattled canned primer, and the sprayed the black.
No problems with any of them.
Try it, what do you have to loose?
Last edited by twofish; Apr 12, 2011 at 10:25 AM.
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What these guys have said, sand and prime. But use an etching primer. It's designed to be sprayed onto bare metal. It has an acid that will better adhere to the surface. Powder coat is pretty cheap though, in case you hadn't considered it.
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I've painted lots of chrome parts with no problems at all. They have held up great and I live down a mile of gravel road. Like stated above, I sanded the parts and then used a self etching primer from a rattle can and the painted and clear coated from rattle cans too. Its way cheaper than powder coating. And if you ever do get a chip in it, just touch it up.