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mobear
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giving you a bit of a fight steve,but i must say one stirling job you are doinf
mobear
mobear
Thanks. I won't give up! I will try again with a very light coat, at even lower pressure (like 7 PSI—my 0.4 mm needle probably squirts at a greater rate than is best for Alclad). One thing I noticed on the last practice is that the chrome finish was very dry and I could wipe off some dust. From experience with acrylic gloss varnish, this seems to be due to the stream drying before it reaches the part. Holding the nozzle even closer and not pulling the trigger so far back might help.\ said:Looking very nice. Love the dash.The reason you could not get a god shine on the second coat of Alclad chrome is probably due to it needs to go on in only one very light coat. But yes to get a chrome like finish is a challenge.
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That's interesting. You apparently had no trouble from white spots on the black base (as I have), so Alclad's theory that the milky-white plastic of the radiator was reacting with the black base is not correct. It is puzzling that I can get a prefect mirror finish of the black base when applied on a metal drinks can (as suggested by Alclad. Assuming I can prevent those spots I will persevere with practicing applying a very light single coat of the chrome.\ said:I agree with Ian. Do as much as you can to get the black gloss finish (even put couple coats) and then just one thin chrome layer. If you spray it second time all the effect with disappear. I chromed this very radiator in my build and looked all right. People say that the better black base, the better chrome finish.Good luck.
Yes, I used the Alclad Black Base, and also on the drinks tin (as advised by Alclad to try to solve the white spots I got on the Rolls Royce radiator part after the black base was applied) and got a very good hard glossy shine with no spots. What helped was the experience I had gained in applying Tamiya's gloss synthetic lacquer to the body panels. My remaining problems are to solve the white spots on the radiator, and mastering applying the Chrome using the tips posted a few post above. But I'm off on a holiday in Scotland on Monday for 10 days (now that the warm weather has gon!), so no progress for a while yet.\ said:Just a quick question. Did you use alclad black base coat? Because I used Revell's acrylic. I guess you can even paint it matt and then put the gloss on.I didn't recieve mirror finish but it was good enough. Must say that when I use it again on exhaust on my Yamaha it was much worse..
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