painting chrome? alternatives?

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Jan 24, 2006 | 03:01 AM

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painting chrome? alternatives?

is it possible to paint over chrome? or whats the best way to make something black that was chrome.

i have some rims that i want to paint, thanks all

Jan 24, 2006 | 12:37 PM

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anyone? what about powdercoating?

Jan 24, 2006 | 02:01 PM

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I was told powdercoating was onyl about $50 a wheel but I have no first hand knowledge of it

Jan 24, 2006 | 07:42 PM

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TTT. i've got some chrome i want to paint flat black, too..

Jan 24, 2006 | 07:52 PM

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From what I know about painting chrome, the paint won't stick for long without the surface being sanded to provide some bite for the paint, so sand it, than paint it. I'm not sure you'd want to do it, if you could find a plain non chrome plated substitute, I'd think that would work better

Jan 24, 2006 | 08:15 PM

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how about bead-blasting it, then painting with self-etch?
sorry bout the hijack, i think its related, though.
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Jan 24, 2006 | 08:42 PM

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AFAIK you have to give the paint a "texture" for it to adhere to the surface, so if bead blasting/self etch primer will do that (and I think it will) then that should be sufficient