Chrome

[Rapparee87]

All good suggestions. Thank you everyone.

 

[M_Chavez]

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread.

Has anyone tried any kind of chrome paint to brush over the severely damaged spots? Any prep/application tricks?

E.g. I have a fork that has about 95% healthy chrome coverage. The damaged/rusty bits are mainly around the lug area, so not even very visible once the bike is built up. Getting it re-chromed is too expensive, getting it blasted and painted seems like a waste of good chrome .

 

[jim haseltine]

Not tried it myself, but this has a good rep. It's seriously expensive though.

 

[M_Chavez]

Thank you.
That is, indeed, expensive.
Whole bike kit won't be far off chrome-plating it.

I just need a tiny amount of paint for touch up though.

 

[M_Chavez]

Actually, they have a £13 touch up kit. But it's £15 shipping!

Ordered one of them chrome marker pens that claim to be water resistant. Will see how it goes.

 

[zerogravitas]

On my Denti the outer tip of the fork dropout had some chrome loss, so I cleaned it, polished the steel and painted a little gloss lacquer over it. Still looks good a year later!

In non-bike projects I've found the Montana Gold spray can Chrome range pretty convincing for metal effects.