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Old 01-10-2006, 11:05 AM   #11
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Hey Cap,

Alclad is really good and about as close as you can get with paint, very bright and shiney. Shiney enough to see a bit of your reflection on it. But Paint is still paint and does not have the extreme shiney finish like real chrome metal.
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Old 01-11-2006, 10:01 AM   #12
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Thanks D.
How about the "mirror" chrome finish that SS does in their polystone Endo heads/statues? How they do that?

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Old 01-11-2006, 10:27 AM   #13
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Hey Carlos,

I don't own those pieces....but I would have to assume that they are actually chrome plated (like the Bowen Colossus bust).
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Old 01-11-2006, 10:41 AM   #14
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Ahh, ok. Is diffult to do this?


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Old 01-11-2006, 11:11 AM   #15
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There are companies that do this type of stuff. I understand that the piece has to be dipped in some pretty hazardous chemicals along with supplying some electric current.
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Old 01-11-2006, 11:18 AM   #16
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There is a product called mirra-chrome which is really paint that looks
exactly like chrome, the company that produces it has several other
paints with cool effects ( not cheap ) :



Here's the link : http://www.alsacorp.com/paints.htm
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Old 01-11-2006, 02:40 PM   #17
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There is a product called mirra-chrome which is really paint that looks
exactly like chrome, the company that produces it has several other
paints with cool effects ( not cheap ) :



Here's the link : http://www.alsacorp.com/paints.htm
you got that right , not cheap at all

danno would you know of a compay that chromes items???
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Old 01-11-2006, 02:41 PM   #18
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I'm familar with Mirror Chrome paints, great finishes, they look incredible without the clear coat, but they are not very durable.

They still look good once you apply the speed clear, but it looses something with the protective clearcoat.

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Old 01-11-2006, 03:13 PM   #19
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there are companies all over that will chrome things. I had one of my gaming computers chromed with show chrome here in SD as a gag.
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there are companies all over that will chrome things. I had one of my gaming computers chromed with show chrome here in SD as a gag.
show chrome?......any links?
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