DIY Spray On Chrome

Hi Sudzhis,

After silvering the piece it is perfect, crystal clear and looks really good.
and yes I have made some pretty strong tint. but it seems to look to dark with the really strong tint.

Thanks

 

Thanks everyone,

I will continue to work at it. all of you have good suggestions, if you think of anything else please let me know.

How many coats of the tinted clear coat do you guys do?

Do you apply 1 heavy coat? or a few light coats?

 

U mean that I need spray more or silver chemicals is to weak? It in normal light looks good and it is impossible to see part is good or not!

How to fix it Nicamarvin!

 

Nicamarvin is PRO in this process and Hi said, that best result is when u apply first clear coat with not tinted clear, wait some 24h and apply tinted clear coat! I dont try it yet, but I will!

 

I cant find in Your posts how to fix this problem!

 

Ok ,I have a windshield frame on a 32 Bear fiberglass body that I would like done ! (Yea I know get a steel one) but this frame is made on the body ! Somebody in the area want to do it ???????

 

Hi for all!!!

Trying trying trying all the weekend, but still i dont like the result! Unlucky petrol tank again











And yes, loot of practice! Thats not all, i have more silvered dishes!




I still working on my formula! For petrol tank i used AG for this time and not, nothing better! I think i get some idea why my formula is wrong time by time!

For now i so some u know like spider WEB under silver layer in some places! Top coat was 72h on petrol tank!

Petrol tank is under sand paper again! Will try again......

 

and forget - do someone made DIY silver sulfate (Ag2So4) from silver nitrate? If yes, can u send PM with manual how to do it right!

 

tank looks good .. has tinted varnish? or without varnish?

 

Tank is without warnish, because looks good only on photos! On tank is few errors! Some spider web under/in silver???

cromarte do u solve your problems?

 

yes ... The days are bad for work., I hope this week to do some work better

 

spray more silver on the piece...

see my first video.. see how long I took doing this pice? now if you see right on the middle of the video you could see that this piece is already looking good, meaning you can see the mirror effect, the issue is that if I had stopped at that moment and then clear coat it then the piece would have turn out to be too dark, so the secret is to keep spraying for a longer period. try it and let me know ok..

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while you have perfected the Silvering process, you just dont get the coating process right and you are wasting too much money....

practise and practise with small pieces like spoons or medium pieces, do that untill you get it right, then you can move to larger pieces, again its not the silvering the issue, you clearly have it down, you just need to practise the coating process, re read my posts maybe you can find something useful

 

Thanks Nicamarvin! With spoons, dishes (small, medium ) all is easy! I can do tons of them! When starts bigger parts, there is fun! Lot of fun!

For top coat i use for now- acrylic ceramic (anti scratch)clear coat! Extra hard to scratch and good shine! It seems to bee good! Still fighting with top coat, but i wil get Ok!

 

So could you do a windsheild frame on a 32 fiberglass body ??? But it does not come off the car !! I see that your all doing small parts that you spray in a container !!!

 

It is not problem! But u need to find some guy in USA who will do it for U!

 

Thank you! maybe just gona have to try it myself if nobody steps up to it !!!

 

Ok, there is some weekend update!

Petrol tank!

It is good from top, but under is some errors and adhesion is medium! I will sandpaper it again and repaint!

1. This is the quality manager









Yess, this serious guy is me,,



Next was the fun part! I get this bird in shop for 5usd! I bought it just for fun maybe year ago!
No I find what to do with this garbage

Bird is clear coated!

















Bird is not the best think i made! It is mad to silver it! So much edges, the light is terrible i think i will broke my eyes

And the last one! I tested clear coats and spray some helmet again! Top coat was bad at all, but my target was clear coat!

Helmet is with clear coat









Thats all! Lot of work in weekend!

I hope someone can help me with this blue dust (pictures in last post)
This blue dust is not always, but is! I cant figure out WHY

 

It is not the best idea Better and cheaper will be find someone who know how to do it!

Can u post picture with part, what u need to silver?

 

very good job I like sudzhis, defects are often not seen in the photos, but they look great (Y). the blue can be much silver or problems with the reducer .... you're using to reduce?

 

Do someone else can say something about errors on dishes? Images few post up..

 

i think that is much silver.... the reducer don't does good job or the concentrations are bad... de cuando usted tiene este problema?

according to angel gilding:
Blue areas The chemicals are not in balance. Check that your spray guns, drip tubes or pump bottles are delivering equal amounts of Activated Silver and Silver Reducer. Be sure you have mixed the chemicals properly.

 

Cromarte I tryed all possible variations! I`m for 99% trust to balance of my chemicals! I had a doubble nozzle spray gun, there is no way that this gun spray one more one less!

Do someone before get a problem with room temperature? What happens when room temperature is less than 20`C?

 

Here the widshield frame that is part of the body. It does not come off. Thanks for your help ! Jeff

 

test changing the content of water in the reducer. i had this problem but don't remember why
the temp can influence

 

In argentina T is not a problem I think! Lucky! There is -5 to -15 ` C right now and in garage is cold to if heater is not on all the day! U think i need stronger reducer?

 

Jeff, i think this is not a big problem to do it! There is lot of pre work, to save your car, because there will be lot of water! But it is possible to do it!

 

at me, little water in reducer give me brown spots....with much to water the reaction is very slow. much to dextrose, generates white clouds

 

Cromarte how big room T` is in your workshop?