seams on chrome parts

[TonyC]

Anyone have any idea on how to get rid of seams on chrome peices????

[lordairgtar]

No technique really great. If I encounter some flash on chrome I slice as much off with a sharp #11 blade, then dab a bit of chrome silver on the removed seam or sprue divot. Seams can only be sanded smooth and replated by a firm like Chrome-Tech or be Alcladed

Edited December 28, 2010 by lordairgtar

[Chuck Most]

Without completely ruining the chrome? No. About all you cando is get rid of the seam, then touch up the 'surgical scar' with chrome paint or BMF, unless you want to completely strip the parts and get them re-plated.

[Modelmartin]

Strip it. Fix it, and have it replated. It is not hard and is well worth the results. I have done it many times. Budget version is to use Alclad. I have seen some models that looked really good with well done Alclad.

Edited December 28, 2010 by Modelmartin

[imatt88]

I clean up the part, them BMF the part. Works for me

[joemac]

This is going back a few years (decades?), but we used to touch up chrome pieces by covering the offending area with foil. Chewing gum foil is what we used, after burning away the paper. It is much thinner than standard foil, and it's easy to find. Just cut a small enough piece to cover the scar, glue it on and the polish it after the glue is dry. I remember having great results. We even used to fabricate our own parts out of the sprue trees and foil-coat them. I remember a Corvair Monza kit that had a bumper that the chrome plating was missing on one end and we just covered the entire bumper with foil.