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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:55 am
I have some small parts that I would like to get chromed.
Has anyone done this at home or do any of the rattle can spray chromes work?

Also I have read that you can get chrome powder coat, anyone tried that?
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'68 Coronet R/T wrote:I have some small parts that I would like to get chromed.
Has anyone done this at home or do any of the rattle can spray chromes work?

Also I have read that you can get chrome powder coat, anyone tried that?


How small ?

yes chrome powder but not very shiny.

perhaps its something you can ship to me i can spray chrome them for you.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:25 pm
I have Plating stuff here been doing CAD,Nickle and copper. Haven't tried chrome yet.
Not all that hard or expensive really, equipment can be expensive new, Chemicals so so.
I have a Bunch of used equipment for sale or trade if you want to get into it?

Dave has Spray chrome Very cool stuff!
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Dennis, we need to put our heads together sometime. i did some cad plating, worked good at first then it went bad. i just don't know what i did wrong, it was my first attempt at this. i was doing some small parts and all of a sudden i got black specks on my parts and then no transfer. we'll have to talk sometime.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:10 pm
I have a friend that had some aluminum wheels spray chromed i think its call chrome deposition spray or something like that, anyway it it looks just like chrome. the finish is SMOOOOTH it like looking into a mirror. Its called PVD, Physical Vapor Deposition.
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Here's who i use for chrome they have never let me down resonable prices and relitivly fast very, high quality. https://www.nw-chrome.com/
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:52 pm
I'll take a picture of the parts and post it tomorrow.

The 1968 GTX tail panel and tail lights are a 1 year only production item. Made of pot metal, chromed and then insets painted with a textured Dark Argent silver paint. (They are not the same as the Roadrunners or other Plymouth models.)

My original tail panel was extremely corroded and had a hole in it, so I bought a better quality used one to restore. The issue is with the tail light bezels. I recently saw a set that had been restored for sale but they want $650 just for the bezels.

I have been looking for somebody that sells the reproduction tail panel and lights but having no luck. Thus the idea of trying to restore them myself.
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PainterDave wrote:
'68 Coronet R/T wrote:I have some small parts that I would like to get chromed.
Has anyone done this at home or do any of the rattle can spray chromes work?

Also I have read that you can get chrome powder coat, anyone tried that?


How small ?

yes chrome powder but not very shiny.

perhaps its something you can ship to me i can spray chrome them for you.


Thanks Dave! If I end up sending them out to get done, I will get back with you. I know your work is top quality.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:49 pm
Here's a couple of pictures of one of the bezels.
You can see some pitting and flaking in spots. I am hoping to get these areas sanded and repaired.
Note the chrome is mainly on the raised edges and ends.
Tail Light Bezel top view.JPG


This end goes toward the trunk panel and has more severe pitting, it is mainly visible when the trunk is open.

Tail Light Bezel side view.JPG


Here's the tail panel I purchased. It is much better than my original which has heavy pitting and a hole.
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here is a dash i did for a guy
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