Any rattle-can than can look REMOTELY like metal?

[Guest]

Unfortunately I don't have access to a spray gun. I've had great success painting guitars with rattle-can (even with cheap paint good prep work and finishing can have decent results) and was hoping to get something that looks a bit like metal. Brushed steel would be nice. For the hell of it I bought some Dupli-Solor silver with a mirror-like cap and tested it on some prepped beer cans, and frankly it looks like the typical gray spray paint.


Any suggestions? I'm putting knee dents in the tank and have some small bumps to smooth out in addition to wanting the tail to match in color, so unfortunately just leaving the metal bare and putting some type of clearcoat on it isn't much of an option.

[Rover]

Don't know if this is helpful.....but it is interesting.

http://chromesolutions.de/

[Chrkut]

Did you take a look at the rustoleum brand? I believe they used to have some sort of "antique" line, not sure what sort of stuff they would have in the steel sort of look.

The mirror finish probably didn't work because, from what I've read, it is supposed to be used on glass and not these sort of surfaces.

[G.S.Joe]

Don't know if this is helpful.....but it is interesting.
http://chromesolutions.de/

It's pretty cool. I've never seen so many inquiries into a product that doesn't really say how it's applied...

[G.S.Joe]

Did you take a look at the rustoleum brand? I believe they used to have some sort of "antique" line, not sure what sort of stuff they would have in the steel sort of look.

The mirror finish probably didn't work because, from what I've read, it is supposed to be used on glass and not these sort of surfaces.

I didn't use the mirror stuff, I did see that and stayed away. It was also very pricey for rattle-can.

[G.S.Joe]

Think I'm going to give this a shot: http://alsacorp.com/strechchrome/index.html At $8/sq foot it seems interesting and if it sucks I'm not going to cry. You can even get it coated in 2K from them. It's a little "loud" for my tastes, but the very concept has me curious...

[Chrkut]

It does look interesting, but I wonder how the look changes by what is underneath it.

Added: Not to mention I can't manage to put a screen protector on my phone, or put saran wrap on a bowl without problems, So I'm not sure how well I would be able to put it on anything, especially around the knee dents

Also, looking at their site makes me want to cover my arm or something in chrome.

[boingk]

Cheap silver spraypaint covered in cheap clearcoat looks alright to me, kinda like an aluminium finish. Not really shiny but definitely 'silver'.

- boingk

[bwringer]

No idea personally, but I'd visit Caswell's site and see what they have.

http://www.caswellplating.com/paints-and-coatings.html

Anything you buy in Walmart or the local auto parts store is gonna be pretty suspect.