Painting over chromed plastic

[Spook50]

The longest any of my blacked out parts have looked any good is about a year. Afterwards they fade and peel and end up looking just nasty overall. Have any of you guys had good luck with yours? What prep method and paint brand(s) did you use? Any clearcoat or anything to help prevent sun fading? I just want something that's going to look good and stay looking good for at least a few years at a time.

 

[jhyatt1271]

I used Plastidip on my Tundra to black out my emblems. I did mine over a year ago on all the emblems and the front Toyota logo still looks good even with 40,000+ miles and billions of bugs. The stuff is amazing! Really durable and easy to work with. I love the way you cuts its own lines around the emblems. Here are some you tube videos with people doing it. There is a video of a guy doing a entire Audi and shows how easy it is to work with.

You can buy a rattle can at Lowes for $6 a can. With one can i put 6 coats on all my emblems and then also put 5 coats on the steps into my storm shelter to add traction to the metal steps.

General Search
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=plasti+dip

The Audi - u can watch the prep but the best part is the end when he pulls off the extra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNY9Dx617N8

 

[Spook50]

Wow I hadn't seen that stuff before. Worth a shot if it doesn't fade or have any edges start peeling up over time. As easy as cleanup seems to be, I'm having trouble believing that edges wouldn't soon start to peel though.

 

[Splangy]

Chrome is easy to remove from plastic using acid or electrolysis.

 

[Spook50]

Chrome is easy to remove from plastic using acid or electrolysis.

What kind of acid? Wouldn't any kind damage the plastic?

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[Bookseeb]

Yea, what kind of acid?

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

I have read muratic acid works well. Need to wipe the parts down with acetone first to remove any clear coat etc ..then submerge until the chrome peels back/wipes off. Then neutralize in a water and baking soda wash.

Another I've seen is bleach. You have to change the bleach a couple of times over the process but the results I saw were impressive.

J

 

[Bookseeb]

Yea, did a little research since my posting and tried Super Clean...nothing. Tried oven cleaner...nothing. And you know I wanted to try bleach and muratic acid and just figured it wouldn't be worth it, but you mentioned acetone to remove any clear coat before application and that might be the ticket.
I just figure in the near future I'd save myself a lot of time and hassle and give it a good rough sanding and encase the grill and headlight skins with monstaliner or something of the like.