I was on the Coast Airbrush website and followed a link to something called Mirra Chrome. It's a paint product that is supposed to mimic chrome and the manufacturer, Alsacorp, says this about it... "MirraChrome® is a single component paint that can be used with any high quality HVLP paint gun or airbrush. It dries instantly and can be top coated for extra protection. This product can be used on any substrate including touch-up of real chrome. NO SPECIAL MACHINE NEEDED!!" Wow! That's a beefy claim. I'm intrigued and am considering picking up a little can of it and giving it a shot to fix a bad spot on a bumperette. Has anyone used this stuff specifically for this purpose? If you have, how did it come out? Mirra Chrome Website
around here we call silver sparay paint "Johnston Coutny Chrome" after the illustrious county to our east. I guess this is a higher class version. The site looks pretty good, and teh pics make it look like some of the higher gloss powder coats. Might be worth a look see...
We call it Newfie chrome or, for our southern brethren, Redneck chrome. Actually, it looks pretty good.
If you have DSL or T1, check out the 7.48mg video, it's kinda cool, comes out like polished aluminum. I'm thinking pot metal restoration.
In major quantities it's pricey for sure. For the spots I need to do with an airbrush, you can get it in smaller quantities at coast airbursh (2oz for $30 or 4oz for $60) I think i'll get the 2oz. and try it an report the results. If it works for fixing what I need to fix it's still MUCH cheaper than having the piece chromed, right? Stacey
To get the best look (chrome like)it is sprayed over black base, then a layer of clear, do not scuff the clear and it must be glass smooth. Spray the chrome paint within the clearcoat window, its a chemical bond. Do not touch the chrome paint with hands, as it's finely ground alum.and with tarnish in time if handeled. (it shows any peel or dirt in the clear and if you scuff the clear it will make the finnish grainy.(like regular silver paint) P.S. Frazer will have a article on it in Auto Graphics mag. in the up coming months.
Action Girl, you'll have to show us how it turns out, it might be a viable way to rechrome those little plastic interior items. Paul
Sounds like the paint we use in work for audi wheels , it does look good . Its what I will be useing for my chevy.
Last vacation-I saw a guy at fishermans wharf in San Francisco- that was "CHROMED"just like thatALL OVER!He got mad cause I took a pic and didnt pay him......Doesn't he know anything? Hillbillys dont pay you to take YOUR, picture!
Doesn't sound too bad... sounds like a cool alternative to rechroming, and doesn't look that bad at all from the video there. I'd probably guess the best use for it would be rechroming interior parts... that's what I'd use it for. Window trim and such.
Didn't a guy from that company post on here a year or so ago and got a lot of***** for it? It's weird how many times something will come up and everyone moans and groans about it, then a few months or so later someone brings it back up and everyone thinks it's cool.
I attended a Craig Frazier workshop here in San Diego last year and there was a rep there from House of Kolor who was talking about their new product line. At that time HoK already had a "chrome" paint developed but they weren't happy enough with the product to be ready to put it on the market. I haven't checked back with HoK to see if they have released it yet, but that may be another option to consider...
[ QUOTE ] Didn't a guy from that company post on here a year or so ago and got a lot of***** for it? It's weird how many times something will come up and everyone moans and groans about it, then a few months or so later someone brings it back up and everyone thinks it's cool. [/ QUOTE ] That was Fantachrome. That guy got pretty bent out of shape when everyone jumped on him. It was pretty funny. Alsa Corp's other products sound exactly the same. The MirraChrome sounds different. REBEL says that it's powedered aluminum. That doesn't sound quite right, because it would oxidize too quickly. But if not, I have no idea what it is. Action Girl, please test it out and post your results! --Matt
Powdered aluminum is the colorant in vacuum metalizing (vacuum plating), so it would probably also work in paint applied under the right conditions. A clear coat is used to prevent oxidation.
[ QUOTE ] My favorite. Ghetto Faboolus! [/ QUOTE ] ALL RIGHT!!! Where do I get a pair?What's the brand name on them;I can't read it(even tried with my specs off!).I showed them to my wife and she wants to get a pair and do a transparent PINK coating over the chrome.
You can do a search online for Silvering mirrors its the way they get the look with silver nitrate over glass I tried the system from caswellplating.com not expensive but could not get the clear to work. Its funny because they are using photos from my site that are not cleared to show how well it works I think if a waterbase clear was used over the silver it would not burn/tarnish so bad the kit comes with a laq base clear and I think that making the burning in that kit. I talked with they support people and they said I don't know how to paint Jdee more photos of bottle test more photos from Super Bee Test
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