"CHROME" paint and / or powder coating

[chuck hahn]

Im thinking about having a cam cover done and was wondering if anyone has had chrome powder coating done or has used rattle can chrome paint.

Please give your persepctives so I can make a somewhat informed decission

[dorkburger]

All of the rattle can chrome ive seen is a very bright silver, not even closely resembling real chrome.

[Steve]

Rattlecan "chrome" is, at best, a semi-shiny (almost satin) silver.

Do a Google search on "spray chrome", there are a few places out there that have some interesting products that can be used at home, with ordinary spray equipment.

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[JamesWhut?]

Yeah, the best that "chrome" paint gives you is an approximation of bright cast aluminum. To get a real "chrome" coating you have to both spray it with something containing the right flat metallic pigments (flakes) and then buff it to make them lay flat and form a contiguous surface coat. Actual plating, like done for chrome parts on toys and plastic models all the way up to the chrome hi-temp coatings on headers is usually easier, if more expensive.

[1948man]

I clear powder coated some cases after shining them up and they look pretty good although they lose a little bit of the mirror finish. Still pretty shiny.