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Offline BDA

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Re: Rear bumpers
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday,September 01, 2015, 06:13:13 PM »
It's getting difficult for platers in the US, too. Especially California. There are some paints that produce a very shiny chrome like finish that I've seen demonstrated at Jay Leno's Garage (http://www.nbc.com/jay-lenos-garage/video/spray-on-chrome/n35122). There are other products that are similar (maybe they are really the same thing under different names). Even if you don't need to use it, the video is interesting.

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Re: Rear bumpers
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday,September 01, 2015, 10:34:46 PM »
I saw the Jay Leno demonstration as well and was very impressed with it. IIRC it's on Youtube ?   Anyway, I seem to recall someone on Lotuselan.net was having a go with a similar sort of material on some +2 front sidelights last year but I haven't seen any progress reports just yet.

It impressed me that it could be a perfect solution for those cast parts such as lamp bodies & small fittings which tend to pit badly and are difficult to repair and re-chrome successfully. If you could just fill the holes, smooth down and paint over, that would make a lot of scrap parts re-usable.  Maybe not so much for bumpers which get knocked and damage a lacquer topcoat, but lamp bodies, especially those recessed such as our cars, would be a good option.