How hard is it to paint chrome?

[bull]

Is it just a matter of scuffing it good enough so the paint will stick?

[Charger-Bodie]

You are best off to remove the chrome,but if you sand it really well and use a good durable sealer like epoxy it will be fine.

[bull]

The best I am able to do at this point is beat it up good with an industrial bead blaster and then coat it with SEM self etching primer. Should I bother?

[Charger-Bodie]

The best I am able to do at this point is beat it up good with an industrial bead blaster and then coat it with SEM self etching primer. Should I bother?

Depends what media you blasting it with.

[bull]

The best I am able to do at this point is beat it up good with an industrial bead blaster and then coat it with SEM self etching primer. Should I bother?

Depends what media you blasting it with.

I'm not sure but it's more aggressive than glass. There's a place next door to this place that uses sand so I could go that route.

[PocketThunder]

what chrome part are you painting?   

[ACUDANUT]

 I had to have my bumpers sand blasted to get that chrome off.

[elitecustombody]

blasting and epoxy or etching prime would be the best thing you can do to help and paint chrome bumpers

[bull]

what chrome part are you painting?  

You're probably going to laugh but it's a dipstick handle and the tube. You can get OE sets that need paint for $50 or new chrome replicas for $7. Just trying to save a buck (or 43) since I have to paint them anyway. My original tube has a hole worn into it from rubbing on a motor mount bolt.

[Back N Black]

 I have had good luck with self-etching primer and a coat of paint.

[ACUDANUT]

You must be bored, or kidding....A dipstick tube ?

[elacruze]

My original tube has a hole worn into it from rubbing on a motor mount bolt.

Braze the hole shut?

Or send it to me, I need a dipstick and tube and don't want chrome...

[bull]

My original tube has a hole worn into it from rubbing on a motor mount bolt.

Braze the hole shut?

Or send it to me, I need a dipstick and tube and don't want chrome...

It's pretty bent up too. If you want it after I get a new one you're welcome to it because it will probably be going in the scrap bin.

You must be bored, or kidding....A dipstick tube ?

Why? Both would have to be prepped and painted. Is this such a horrible question to ask?

[GreenMachine]

   You have to grind some of the metal off to get them to fit in the hole. Of course I've had the same experience with a bare metal one I bought too though.

[ACUDANUT]

 Just messing with ya Bull. I just thought it was something BIG.

[bull]

Just messing with ya Bull. I just thought it was something BIG.

It's hard to tell when people are serious or joking around here sometimes.

[Wicked72]

I gotta steal your post a sec. I am going to paint my bumpers and I am soda blasting the car. would soda blasting be good enough over the bumpers then sanding them before neutralizing and expoy?

[bull]

I gotta steal your post a sec. I am going to paint my bumpers and I am soda blasting the car. would soda blasting be good enough over the bumpers then sanding them before neutralizing and expoy?

By reading the above you might be able to tell I probably don't know for sure but I do know that soda is not very aggressive stuff. I would think you would need to use something a lot more abrasive than soda.

[squeakfinder]

Just messing with ya Bull. I just thought it was something BIG.

It's hard to tell when people are serious or joking around here sometimes.

Yep. You can't see a person's expression, or hear their tone of voice on this internet to tell when someone is being sarcastic or joking.