What is the best Gold "Chrome" in a rattle can?
- Thread starter acid burn
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you want the best , try these guys they have some of the most exotic and wildest paints you will ever see
http://www.alsacorp.com/index.htm#
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Not really impressed with the paint examples, like I was when this was showed on the forum - can't remember by whom.
http://www.creationsnchrome.com/gallery-chrome-Gold-Horse.html
http://www.creationsnchrome.com/gallery-chrome-Gold-Horse.html
maboot38
Well-Known Member
Um. yeah, that sure is pretty, but what does it have to do with this thread, which asked "What is the best Gold "Chrome" in a rattle can?".
Not trying to be rude, just saying.
Too Much Garlic, that looks cool, was is plated or painted 
either way it matters not, good input!
You know, PHarchivist had an excellent idea for chrome.
he applied chrome mylar to a Stage 5 Arnold bust & it looked so cool.
I'm sure the same process would work on the gold.
But yes, keep them coming! examples of your best GOLD rattle can paint ups!
either way it matters not, good input!
You know, PHarchivist had an excellent idea for chrome.
he applied chrome mylar to a Stage 5 Arnold bust & it looked so cool.
I'm sure the same process would work on the gold.
But yes, keep them coming! examples of your best GOLD rattle can paint ups!
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Yeah, maboot, I know it was not exactly what was asked about - rattle can paint - but I got the sense through reading that several were perhaps looking for that kind of look and finish - the real shiny reflective look.
We've got hundreds of these same similar threads... and the answer never gets any different. If you want that look, you're gonna have to pay for it or get it plated... ain't no such option with spray cans. Hell... even regular paint that you spray with a paint gun or airbrush is usually better than spray can paint, which tends to be overly thinned and not durable at all.
And since many check out these threads... looking for a good answer and options for a good finish, I thought I'd offer what I'd been shown and then people who felt it was what they were looking for, and not so much as a answer to the original question, can go check it out.
It is painted.
We've got hundreds of these same similar threads... and the answer never gets any different. If you want that look, you're gonna have to pay for it or get it plated... ain't no such option with spray cans. Hell... even regular paint that you spray with a paint gun or airbrush is usually better than spray can paint, which tends to be overly thinned and not durable at all.
And since many check out these threads... looking for a good answer and options for a good finish, I thought I'd offer what I'd been shown and then people who felt it was what they were looking for, and not so much as a answer to the original question, can go check it out.
It is painted.
wackychimp
Sr Member
I think I'm gonna have to try this after Christmas. My Indy idol is solid resin... how should I prep it? I have some ultra fine sandpaper, do I smooth it out before applying the basecoat?
protokev DMD
Sr Member
Well my pictures are going to have to wait as ive just got an apartment at school, and not a place to paint. I wanna try that ghost chrome on my resin J2 kit (which i havent built up yet as its a bit wonky)
takevin
Sr Member
Exactly, there's more then enough posts about this in the past:rolleyes. Search it. Gold/silver in a rattle can still looks like a rattle can and comes up way short then having it chromed and done the right way. Go cheap and look like meh or save/pay and have it done right. You pay what you get....
Kt Templar
Well-Known Member
Not sure about the ultra mirrored finish you get with chrome, but Plasticote Brilliant Gold gave me the exact poured gold finish I wanted for my Blue Five Idol. This is over a coat of gloss black over a coat of primer.
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