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Sant Plating in Sheffield could possibly re-do them.
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24th January 2020, 08:30 | #17 |
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If there was a satisfactory paint-on system, they wouldn't use electroplating which is complex and expensive. The best you can get with a paint is a shiny silver finish which doesn't last all that long (in my experience anyway). There are ways to spray on a metallic silver finish, which looks like chrome, but again the longevity of silver even coated, is limited. And silver is rather expensive too.
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Drew Pritchards Salvage Hunters : Classic Cars, last night, featured a firm that painted a Mazak boot handle/ number plate light from a Volvo, with chrome finish and you couldn't tell it had been painted, not plated
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24th January 2020, 19:46 | #19 |
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These look pretty convincing don't they, but it's not in the same league as genuine chrome plating.
Wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872EDc6NpmQ Bodywork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up_CLJXRyaM Neither of these demos is actually spray painting. Notice it all looks like water spraying. They're actually depositing a metallic silver film a couple of atoms thick onto the prepared/primed surface. It uses silver nitrate solution which reacts chemically with glucose solution. Exactly the same process they used to make telescope mirrors by. As a chemist and one-time telescope builder, I've done it myself and it produces a wonderfully reflective surface. The problem is, it's extrordinarily fragile and has to be overcoated with a laquer of some kind to stop it going black. Even so, it needs replacing every few years depending on the environment it works in. TC Last edited by T-Cut; 24th January 2020 at 19:48.. |
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I've got a few months before the car will be anywhere near ready so maybe some NOS headlights will appear on ebay
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