Powder coating over chrome
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Powder coating over chrome
Just wondering, if I bead blasted a rusty chrome grille, could it be powder coated with decent results? Not looking for a restoration quality finish. Any opinions on this? Thanks, Jim
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I think it would be better to sandblast the grille rather than bead blast, but that's probably what you meant.
A guy in my town does a bright silver with a clear powder coat on top, and it looks pretty good.
A guy in my town does a bright silver with a clear powder coat on top, and it looks pretty good.
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I have used the two coat "chrome" powder from Caswell on small parts with good results. Powder is just a plastic, so clean (blasted for bite) chrome should be fine. No one will mistake it for chrome, but it looks nice. Any pits should be filled with lab-metal or they will show through.
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I'm not looking to have it powder coated to a chrome finish. Either a gloss black or a charcoal gray color. I'm undecided at this point. I have been looking for a nice painted grille to start with but have had no luck finding one... Jim
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Oh I see, any straight clean grill will work then. If it needs filler just use something like lab-metal that can take the ~400 degree curing heat of powder coating. I have seen a color called black chrome, that I would like to see on a grill. Most of the smalls that I have done, have been gloss black.
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Jimmy it is a metallic filler http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...56988011,d.aWM for smoothing any pits or dings prior to powder coat.
Let us see your results when you decide on what to do.
Let us see your results when you decide on what to do.
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