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Nickel or Silver plated, - 5/2/2009 6:48:47 AM

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Been approached by someone who wants me to paint a tank he's going to get done with Nickel or Silver plated, he asks:

"Question, how do you think the paint will take to the plating, suppose etch priming most of the tank will be ok, but the air brushed section, umm I don't know, and is it feasible to clear."

So can anyone advise me?
Once he gets the tank plated, he will want an area of it sprayed black and airbrushed.
When finished, should the whole tank be cleared?..Can anyone who'se been involved in a similar process throw some light on this?

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RE: Nickel or Silver plated, - 5/2/2009 5:22:24 PM

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Nobuddy else came up, Sammy... So I'll telya whut ya needta know.
As usual.
With the odd metals yer totully in the fizicul bonding reelm. No etch. Yer scratch will hafts be deep enuff & plintifull. Yer primer strong enuff & grab & hold. Epoxy. Same goez fer lead.

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RE: Nickel or Silver plated, - 5/2/2009 7:36:14 PM

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Hey Sam,

Alsa makes a product called 'Clear for Chrome'. *I haven't used it personally* - but have actually heard really good things about it from those who have... You could clear the part(s) with it, sand, do your artwork, and then reclear normally.

Might be worth looking into.

Rod

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RE: Nickel or Silver plated, - 5/3/2009 8:35:00 AM

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Sam, a few years back I owned a nautical decor shop, and alot of the stuff was brass. As you know brass will tarnish rather quickly. I use to use clear high glosss lacquer to prevent the tarnish. This had a few draw backs, the first being that spraying lacquer over the brass dulled it some what, and deminished the shine. The second draw back was that over time it darkened, and was a pain in the butt to strip and re-polish.

A fellow artist showed me a new product that when sprayed over black it looked just like real chrome, but when he sprayed automotive clear over it, it also dulled the chrome and took away the shine.

If you can find a way to clear over just the artwork that is going on the black you can avoid this problem. The difficulty as I see it is feathering the clear without getting it on the nichel or silver.

Also my understand of the chrome platting process is that it has to be done on bare metal, and can not be done over paint. As I mentioned there is a new product that when sprayed over a black base does in fact look like real chrome. This new paint might be a better option for your customer rather than actual nicheal or silver. Let me know and I will get the name of the product.

I hope this is helpful

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RE: Nickel or Silver plated, - 5/3/2009 3:15:04 PM 1 votes

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Gujeezus... Sammy, juss do yer Elmers thang! Lacs over metul...

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RE: Nickel or Silver plated, - 5/4/2009 3:05:01 AM

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Thanks for the replies..yes I think I'll just mix a little extra elmers in my paint, that should make it stick!
...or I might just tell him I can't do it!

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