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Offline Gish

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Spraying a chrome frame ?
« on: January 30, 2015, 11:09 PM »
Was thinking of spraying my chrome frame guys
When you look at it closely you can see small speckles of rust/oxidisation where it has been stored in garage and damp/cold got to it
I have tried the coke/tinfoil & also polished with peek but you can still see it when looking up closely

Would this be feasible or not
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Offline andypatt444

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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2015, 12:29 AM »
You'll be lucky if the paint sticks. You will probably need to powder coat it.

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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2015, 01:02 AM »
Take it to a chromers and get what chrome is left removed leaving it bare metal apparently most will do it for £10-20.

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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2015, 07:53 AM »
de chrome is the only way, I had a seat post done for £4 and it took 3 days turnaround as there is no polishing to do.

your paint or powder WILL peel off if you don't :daumenhoch:
« Last Edit: January 31, 2015, 11:35 AM by That Swan Guy »
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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2015, 11:29 AM »
I even roughed up a set of bars down to the nickel, painted them with etch primer and a top coat which took me over a couple of days, they were as smooth as a babies bottom.
Fitted them on the bike along with the grips and levers and they looked great  :daumenhoch:,  overnight the temp changed in my conservatory and the paint was on the floor in sheets the next morning  :tickedoff:
« Last Edit: January 31, 2015, 11:31 AM by snoopy72 »

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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2015, 11:53 AM »
Hey Snoopy how the hell did that happen? ive spayed stuff in the past and its all been ok and thats with ordinary primer,ive just done forks & bars there and there ok just need to tackle the frame now,but ive never had paint fall off with temp change
Too many cool bikes out there,  not enough money in my wallet :D

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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2015, 12:00 PM »
If you have painted over chrome it will be held on by luck only, I tried everything apart from sandblasting and ended up sent them for a polish and re chrome .
« Last Edit: January 31, 2015, 12:01 PM by snoopy72 »

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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2015, 09:29 AM »
Of course you can paint or powder over chrome; ask SBD if you need any advice  :daumenhoch:


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Re: Spraying a chrome frame ?
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2015, 10:04 PM »
Before

After

In the dark

Scuffed the chrome with a green scotch pad, 3 layers of primer, then 24 hours later 3 layers of paint, followed by a week next to the radiator to cure.

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