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Couldn't you hit it real fast with a light sand paper to scuff it? I have never tried to paint chrome and i am pretty sure just straight up painting it won't work, but i would think scuffing it would.
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This place has some really cool paints and can do spray paints. They got paint that you put on chrome to make weird stuff, and might have something to help rid of the chrome.