Rustoleum Bright Coat Chrome

[ctruss53]

9 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

I have both of the Green Stuff World "Chromes" the brushable and the airbrushable. I am pretty happy with both. Note: I build so distractedly that my painted parts usually get 2 weeks of cure time before they are handled. Airbrush version looks pretty nice but the black base makes it kind of a black chrome. I used it recently on a couple of bumpers that were stripped and painted with rattle can Rustoleum Gloss Black. The corresponding bumper mates were still kit chrome and very looked different. I sprayed them with Tamiya "Smoke" and they match much better. The GSW brushable chrome needs to be applied a bit heavy and only used on small parts ot touch ups. 

Yes, I have had great luck with the GSW brush on chrome for small parts. Honestly the results look the same no matter what is under it because you have to brush it on so thick. I have applied the brush-on GSW chrome on small parts that were black, primer grey, even painted with various Tamiya acrylic paints, and as long as the surface is smooth the results are always good.

But you can't touch the stuff. It absorbs fingerprints so easily, and dulls.

Is the airbrush version more resistant to damage? I assume it might be because it is applied much thinner than when you drown the parts with a brush.

[TransAmMike]

9 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

I have both of the Green Stuff World "Chromes" the brushable and the airbrushable. I am pretty happy with both. Note: I build so distractedly that my painted parts usually get 2 weeks of cure time before they are handled. Airbrush version looks pretty nice but the black base makes it kind of a black chrome. I used it recently on a couple of bumpers that were stripped and painted with rattle can Rustoleum Gloss Black. The corresponding bumper mates were still kit chrome and very looked different. I sprayed them with Tamiya "Smoke" and they match much better. The GSW brushable chrome needs to be applied a bit heavy and only used on small parts ot touch ups. 

So just how did u spray the GSW? I did one medium coat over their gloss black primer (it went on super smooth) and it was beautiful. Thought I'd put another coat on and it just dulled it. 

[Bugatti Fan]

Quite a number of the spray on finished chromes go dull if further coats are applied. A good chrome finish is a bit of a holy grail for car modellers generally.

The nail polish chrome sounds interesting as it has to go off very hard, hence the UV to set it off. A black gel was mentioned as a base for this stuff but sounds as though it has to be brush painted on. If the black underpaint could be air brushed and UV set as well as the clear top coat after the chrome is buffed and the clear top coat air brushed and also set with UV it might well be the answer. However, many nail finishing products contain some quite fierce chemicals that may or may not attack plastic. I would imagine a trawl of the web will be able to show such products in use and their application.

I will be sticking to my C1 Polishing Powder for now.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Bugatti Fan

[Bills72sj]

On 3/3/2023 at 8:40 AM, TransAmMike said:

So just how did u spray the GSW? I did one medium coat over their gloss black primer (it went on super smooth) and it was beautiful. Thought I'd put another coat on and it just dulled it. 

Go one light mist coat. Give it a few seconds to gas off then spray continuously until it is smooth THEN QUIT. Leave it alone for a couple of weeks. You can experiment with shooting Future over it as is has NO solvents to disrupt the surface of the chrome. My suggestion is to experiment.

Here is the video that turned me onto GSW.

 

 

[Michael jones]

I think the best chrome is the SMS hyperchrome (both versions). They are very durable and don't need to be clear coated. The chrome finish is similar to Alclad or spaz for reflectivity, but much more durable than them. Part of the trick is to apply the chrome paint to wet or tacky super shiny enamel. It seems to bond together perfectly for a durable finish. 

Their super silver is also good but not so reflective. It gives a nice polished aluminium look. I recently painted a whole 1/12 motorcycle frame in the stuff, and it has taken a lot of handling with no paint worn off so far... Very happy if it stays like that!