painting chrome

[owen]

i intend to paint the rocker box cover as there is a fair amount of rust on it. i have treated the rust but the unrusted areas are however smooth chrome. how can this be prepared for painting?

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[Gaffer]

Have you thaught about getting it re-chromed ?

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[supermalc]

I've cleaned and painted many engines and my trade was reconditioning them in the late 60s. A rotary wire brush is one of the best tools for cleaning rust, paint etc from all metals.

If you remove the rocker cover, clean and degrease, then wash with water and dry, finishing by scrubbing on a wire brush (even a small diy one in a drill will do). Paint with 2 or 3 coats of primer and finish with the colour of your choice. Spray cans will give a good finish on small parts. Even if the chrome is not removed, the surface should be keyed enough for paint to stay on.

If you care to take a look at my website http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/malcsworld/ and look at the motor bikes, you can see a 250cc Yamaha that I rebuilt and sprayed using this method.

Malc.

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[ccscott49]

exactly!

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[supermalc]

Exactly what ?

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[ccscott49]

get it rechromed!

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[tcm]

rocker box on a 2-stroke yammy

um, but an RD 250 is 2-stroke innit? So it ain't got any rocker covers now has it? hm? Also, japanese innit so not much chrome in the first place praps arf arf?

I wd rechrome, and use the very wonderful London Chroming on the old kent road, frexample. They did the chrome for a complete volvo for a car advert, chroming every single panel. They did the chroming on our rocker covers for two caterpillar 420 hp diesels that looked rather decent, and not at all like a bodge - which painting chrome most defintely would be!

The whole idea of chrome is that it is inert, and that stuff like paint will come off it very easily. the shiny stuff is "soft" chrome and acrtually mostly nickel and then a tiny bit of chromium at the last minute. Hard chrome plating looks dull, no nickel, more for industrial things.

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