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Offline Gary72

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Painting over Chrome
« on: May 14, 2008, 07:53 PM »
What is the best way to prepare chrome for painting, any special primer, or just rough them up with sandpaper. Going on a racer so not a show bike otherwise would ship off to SBD.

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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2008, 08:19 PM »
you should realy get it stripped by a plating firm, they probably wouldnt charge much for this...  if its just for rasping out the gate then keying it up with about 180-240 should be fine...

Offline superbikedan

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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2008, 10:53 PM »
you should realy get it stripped by a plating firm, they probably wouldnt charge much for this...  if its just for rasping out the gate then keying it up with about 180-240 should be fine...

gal, i use 120 grit, it seems to work really well, keys in lovely and i feel safe to put a

coat of paint on the chrome, also 120 takes out surface rust and minor pitting easy :daumenhoch:
For powder coating drop me a pm

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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2008, 11:19 PM »
Cheers guys :daumenhoch:

Offline ORB

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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2008, 11:34 PM »
Acid Etch Primer is your friend
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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2008, 02:40 PM »
p120 will work great then a nice primer , or get it blasted

Offline lazychubs

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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2008, 05:46 PM »
gary use 40 grit on it lol
that will give it the nice thrown down the rd look
  on a serious note i use scotch brite red pads to
key stuff works a treat

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Re: Painting over Chrome
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2008, 07:34 PM »
Done one today at work using a die-grinder with attachment for round discs of paper or scoring pad material, only 2 inch discs, does about 15000 rpm, done a good job with scouring pad disc. :)

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