[Racer997]

Nice. Chrome job looks good, too...

 

[GRUBBY]

Interesting...

 

[Shoedoos]

any more info on that process?

 

[Life's a Drag]

Looks like Spectra-Chrome and if it is it's *J*U*N*K*!

 

[Racer997]

any more info on that process?

I was wrong in the title; I posted too quickly - should have been Spray Chrome Application. Anyway, this is indeed spectra spray chrome. Flash chrome is an electrolytic process utilising a chromic acid-based electrolyte. (I was looking for flash chrome when I found this.) This spray chrome stuff is something I have no real knowledge of, but there's a few videos out there on it and some more info on the web, even DIY home kits. It goes on like a paint and is as durable, which is to say it's not very durable. It is aesthetic only.



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[GRUBBY]

Whatever happened to Alsa?

 

[Matt Hill]

Here's an interesting version. A shop local to me does the spray chrome process. This is the owner's tractor.

 

[Life's a Drag]

I was wrong in the title; I posted too quickly - should have been Spray Chrome Application. Anyway, this is indeed spectra spray chrome. Flash chrome is an electrolytic process utilising a chromic acid-based electrolyte. (I was looking for flash chrome when I found this.) This spray chrome stuff is something I have no real knowledge of, but there's a few videos out there on it and some more info on the web, even DIY home kits. It goes on like a paint and is as durable, which is to say it's not very durable. It is aesthetic only..

This is the day I bolted on my Spectra-Chromed bumper.......

This is what it looked like the first time it was out in the sun and it's much worse now.......

 

[Racer997]

Here you go:

Go to the end to see the orange peel like your bumper...

 

[Life's a Drag]

At this point I could deal with the orange peel, it's the fuckin' gold bumper which I have now that pisses me off.

 

[precisionturbomustang]

At this point I could deal with the orange peel, it's the fuckin' gold bumper which I have now that pisses me off.

Vinyl wrap that whore.... https://www.amazon.com/24x78Chrome-Mirror-Silver-Sticker-Self-adhesive/dp/B00LYMX48I/ref=asc_df_B00LYMX48I/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312136743070&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=890839596380019712&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007979&hvtargid=pla-387581565278&psc=1

 

[CompNut]

Quit being cheap and get it chromed.

 

[225digger]

cant chrome a fiberglass bumper..... if thats what LAD has ???

i wonder if they used a cheap clear coat that was not UV stable???

 

[Life's a Drag]

cant chrome a fiberglass bumper..... if thats what LAD has ???

i wonder if they used a cheap clear coat that was not UV stable???

Yes, it's 'glass and I went through a lot of trouble to make it look like the original steel bumper.

All the product put on mine was from Spectra-Chrome and it started turning gold within a 1/2 day of being in the sun. Some days it's not as bad as other but there are times it's very gold.

Found out later that this is a Spectra-Chrome quality (or lack there of) trait.

FUCKIN' SCRAP!

 

[DT426]

https://www.paulschrome.com/


These guys chrome plastic. and fiberglass with real chrome, using copper base.

 

[Life's a Drag]

https://www.paulschrome.com/


These guys chrome plastic. and fiberglass with real chrome, using copper base.

So does (did?) Advance Plating but actual chrome plating a 'glass bumper defeats the purpose.

As the guys at Advance told me, the process adds weight as it adds metals (copper, nickel, chrome) and when the process is done a 'glass bumper will weigh almost as much as a steel bumper.

I'm not doing this just for the look.

BTW: Paul's does awesome work.

 

[groucho2]

This is the day I bolted on my Spectra-Chromed bumper.......

This is what it looked like the first time it was out in the sun and it's much worse now.......

Love your wagon! Cragar SS perfect.

 

[groucho2]

Quit being cheap and get it chromed.

Yeah, keep calling me out!!! What a dumbass. LMAO

 

[Bigtime]

Vinyl wrap that whore.... ]

Wrapped:

 

[Bigtime]