Chrome spray paint. Anyone ever use it?

[AFSP1211]

I know it's gonna look like shite, but I bought a can of Duplicolor Chrome spray paint that I'm gonna hit my center caps with. They've been off the truck for a while cause the chrome was flaking really bad. I know this is no where near the optimal way to do them, But there are no Chromers in this area and I don't want to ship them off. Plus I'm gonna be sellin it soon anyways. As long as they look close to chrome from a few hundred feet away I think I'll be satisfied. Let me know if you have any experience with this stuff.

[lechez71]

ive heard to get it to look more like a chrome finish and not silver, you have to use a black basecoat first then the chrome spray over it.

[AFSP1211]

I'll be sure to try that. I'm gonna use one as a guinea pig to see how the whole process turns out. I'm also gonna clear coat them and see if that helps.

[IXLR8]

After you paint them black you might put them on and see how they look. Black might look better than the chrome paint.

[99silveradodude]

im not going to blow smoke, the crome paint i used was nothing like crome, but i didnt use a black base coat. goodluck let me know how it turns out

[Red03SilSS]

They make it for a spray gun now to.

[AFSP1211]

Well, I got them sprayed and they don't look like chrome, but more of a bright metallic silver that is used on some rims. They look good from afar but far from good. I'm gonna wax them and throw them on.

[lechez71]

did you clear them? that might dull the finish

[AFSP1211]

No. Didn't clear them. But the paint seemed really soft. I put 3 coats on top of the black and let them dry overnight and they were still pretty soft. Anyone got any tips on how to make them look more chrome-like? I tried puttin them on when I had them painted black and it really didn't look right. I've thought about painting them the same color as the truck though.

[lechez71]

check this vid out, he does a little experiment with chroming plastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRhwvgZn3o