By far the best & chrome look is not a paint product. It is real silver!!
It is silver nitrate, the same material used to make mirrors. Silver nitrate is 99% real silver! It can be applied via a spraying process very similar to painting. If applied properly it does not yellow and can be made completely pliable to the point of being able to hold up under the stress of a motocross dirt bike fender!!
I actually purchased the system & spent a fair bit of cabbage to build a paint booth and other required equipment to use the process. The steps are quit simple. 1. clean & coat the desired part with the suggested primer. 2. Then coat the part with the silver nitrate. 3. Apply the desired translucent color of your choice. Red, black, yellow, purple, etc. Finally clear coat the part. Presto!
you have a
true colored chrome part Any color can be had except white. If you want white; the chrome/mirror look will have to do. This product can be applied to almost anything, metal, fiberglass, stone, wood etc. It has the same strength as most any automotive paint. But will only resist a heat range of the low 200 degree mark. After that it will start to darken, the higher the heat the darker it will become. So it's not so hot for engine parts, like valve covers & the like. But plastic cover parts seem to do quite well. If you wish to have a closer look go to
Spectrachrome.com. The site also list quite a few shops around the country that do the work & they display their work for all to see. Some of you might remember a few years ago a well know paint shop did a Tron movie tribute Audi in chrome & plexiglass. The process used was Spectrachrome. IMO spectra chrome has it all over cosmichrome.
ps: the estimated cost of doing an AC body in spectra chrome should range between 15 to 30k. No one said is was cheep
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