How to apply Molotow chrome to door handles, etc., without getting out of line and removing it.

[rossfox]

I used a super small eyelash brush to put Molotow chrome on the door handles. Needless to say, I slipped and got it on the Tamiya acrylic. So, how do you put Molotow on small parts, with what and how. And how do you get the Molotow off. I did dampen a Q Tip with acohol and that was a disaster. Any suggestions.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Use foil. 😉

 

 

Steve

[rossfox]

59 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Use foil. 😉

 

 

Steve

Will foil work on very small parts like door handles? I don't have much hardly experience with BMF except around windows and didn't do very well with that. I will certainly try that as Molotow has been a hard go with me. I have gotten it on the paint in many places and ruined a good to me paint job. So foil will stick and work on very small pieces then??

[StevenGuthmiller]

32 minutes ago, rossfox said:

Will foil work on very small parts like door handles? I don't have much hardly experience with BMF except around windows and didn't do very well with that. I will certainly try that as Molotow has been a hard go with me. I have gotten it on the paint in many places and ruined a good to me paint job. So foil will stick and work on very small pieces then??

Certainly!

Just be sure that you have the correct foil, (original, or “new improved)

Stay away from the “Ultra Bright” foil.

It’s much harder to work with.

Before I began replacing door handles on my projects with resin/3-D printed parts, I always used foil for everything, including door handles.

You just need to take your time.

These are all finished with BMF, and I have many more examples in my collection.

 

 

Steve

 

[TonyW]

I still use foil, but as a masking material for handles and badges and suchlike. Cover the surrounding area, burnish it down and remove the foil from the intended area. This gives clean and sharp masking to then add chrome ink to. It's the exact opposite of using the foil as intended but materials and methods move on.

Molotov and Green Stuff World inks give a much better chrome effect in my opinion, foils can have a noticeable grain that the inks do not have. There's no creasing with ink either.