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Hubscrub · 09-12-2010, 09:52 PM

Just wandering if anybody out there has tried the Dupli-Color Shadow for chrome my wife was thinking about trying it on some valve covers for her 67 and maybe some other parts

here is the link

www.duplicolor.com/products/shadow

Rideto100 · 09-12-2010, 10:47 PM

Saw this on Stacey David's Gearz the other day and wondered about the durability myself.

cdowns · 09-13-2010, 11:19 AM

i'd try on something inexpensive that you really dont care about it's lifespan and give it a longterm test in real world conditions to see if it will standup to the test of time and use

saw staceys infommerciial on it too but he is just a car version of billy mays or vince // will front for anything if the price is right

tubbedII · 09-13-2010, 04:27 PM

This was posted in the blazer forum a while back: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=415794

Don't know how much that link helps. I'd say go for it as long as the valve covers aren't an expensive set...but that's because I want to see how it looks...post pics if you go through with it!

Hubscrub · 09-13-2010, 09:06 PM

thanks guys, i have some chrome edelbrock stamped steel valve covers layin around i think i might try this on if the wife wants to see

cheyenne shortstep · 09-13-2010, 09:44 PM

After seeing this in the Blazer forum I got some the next day, I sprayed it on a piece of V.W. engine tin [chrome] and it looked killer so I decided to do the stainless bezels on my van. It didn't have the same effect on the stainless as it did on the chrome, it also was easily scratched on the SS as opposed to the fairly durable finish on the chrome.
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS: too many coats and it will look like gloss black, 2-3 light, uniform coats gives a killer effect.

Hubscrub · 09-13-2010, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheyenne shortstep

After seeing this in the Blazer forum I got some the next day, I sprayed it on a piece of V.W. engine tin [chrome] and it looked killer so I decided to do the stainless bezels on my van. It didn't have the same effect on the stainless as it did on the chrome, it also was easily scratched on the SS as opposed to the fairly durable finish on the chrome.
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS: too many coats and it will look like gloss black, 2-3 light, uniform coats gives a killer effect.

thanks

oldblue1968chevy · 09-13-2010, 10:18 PM

post pics when ya get started, before, during , after

09-12-2010, 09:52 PM	#1
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Anybody tried this stuff? Just wandering if anybody out there has tried the Dupli-Color Shadow for chrome my wife was thinking about trying it on some valve covers for her 67 and maybe some other partshere is the linkwww.duplicolor.com/products/shadow __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14 Last edited by Hubscrub; 09-12-2010 at 09:53 PM.

09-12-2010, 10:47 PM	#2
Rideto100 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Republic, Missouri Posts: 44	Re: Anybody tried this stuff? Saw this on Stacey David's Gearz the other day and wondered about the durability myself.

09-13-2010, 11:19 AM	#3
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Anybody tried this stuff? i'd try on something inexpensive that you really dont care about it's lifespan and give it a longterm test in real world conditions to see if it will standup to the test of time and use saw staceys infommerciial on it too but he is just a car version of billy mays or vince // will front for anything if the price is right __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

09-13-2010, 04:27 PM	#4
tubbedII needs more $$$ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,936	Re: Anybody tried this stuff? This was posted in the blazer forum a while back: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=415794 Don't know how much that link helps. I'd say go for it as long as the valve covers aren't an expensive set...but that's because I want to see how it looks...post pics if you go through with it! __________________ 1970 2wd Blazer

09-13-2010, 09:06 PM	#5
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: Anybody tried this stuff? thanks guys, i have some chrome edelbrock stamped steel valve covers layin around i think i might try this on if the wife wants to see __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14 Last edited by Hubscrub; 09-13-2010 at 09:06 PM.

09-13-2010, 09:44 PM	#6
cheyenne shortstep Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vista Ca. Posts: 2,405	Re: Anybody tried this stuff? After seeing this in the Blazer forum I got some the next day, I sprayed it on a piece of V.W. engine tin [chrome] and it looked killer so I decided to do the stainless bezels on my van. It didn't have the same effect on the stainless as it did on the chrome, it also was easily scratched on the SS as opposed to the fairly durable finish on the chrome. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS: too many coats and it will look like gloss black, 2-3 light, uniform coats gives a killer effect.

09-13-2010, 10:18 PM	#8
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: Anybody tried this stuff? post pics when ya get started, before, during , after __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

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