Has anyone here painted moldings and trim?

[67_C-30]

The molding on my '68 is very straight but very oxidized. It will cost me over $1000 for the side molding, headlight/grille trim, and tailgate trim. I am building a nice driver, but it will not be a show truck. I am even thinking about painting the factory light blue, but in a satin finish. Anodized trim doesn't shine like chrome anyway, so I am thinking about trying to paint it. There are pretty "chrome" like paints out there now, and I'm thinking about trying something like that.

I painted a peice of taillight trim with the spray chrome paint and compared it to a new anodized peice it. It is not far off, and looks much better than old oxidized stuff. I know the spray stuff probably won't hold up, but I'm thinking about buying something like Mirrorchrome:
http://www.kustomrides.com/mirrachrome.html

Here is a pic of the cheap Duplicolor stuff and a new anodized part. The last pic is the Mirrorchrome vs real chrome.

Anybody else done this?

[67_C-30]

Here is a car painted with the Mirrorchrome.

[sublime1996525]

You could also go a plastidip route. They have a way to do a polished aluminum look. And if you don't like it you can just peel it off.

[midniteblues]

I was dd one day an thought white painted 67-68 trim would be kinda cool on the right color schemed 67-68 truck.

i know it wasnt what your were asking just thought id ad my 2 cents

[special-K]

My first thought was,"Yeah,Earl Scheib". I pictured the old "taxi paint job" where you save money and time on masking tape. Might not be too bad. Painting the black accent back in will take time and be tedious.

[67_C-30]

Originally Posted by special-K

My first thought was,"Yeah,Earl Scheib". I pictured the old "taxi paint job" where you save money and time on masking tape. Might not be too bad. Painting the black accent back in will take time and be tedious.

The Mirrorchrome paint is somewhat translucent, and is recommended to be sprayed over a black base. I think I could paint it all black, use 3M fine line tape to mask the recess, and then paint the Mirrorchrome.

[litew8]

I'm not sure how well the paint would hold up against the elements, especially when exposed. I considered doing what you're thinking of, but for interior trim. Decided to try aluminumn foil film before the spray. Anyways, during my search for paint, I found what many consider good quality: spazstix I don't know the brand you posted about, but if it's like Killer Chrome review They may all very well be similar. Spaz Stix seems to be popular with RC Hobbyist crowd. Possibly found locally at a hobby store. You'd probably be able to find youtube videos of it easily.

[67_C-30]

Originally Posted by litew8

I'm not sure how well the paint would hold up against the elements, especially when exposed. I considered doing what you're thinking of, but for interior trim. Decided to try aluminumn foil film before the spray. Anyways, during my search for paint, I found what many consider good quality: spazstix I don't know the brand you posted about, but if it's like Killer Chrome review They may all very well be similar. Spaz Stix seems to be popular with RC Hobbyist crowd. Possibly found locally at a hobby store. You'd probably be able to find youtube videos of it easily.

The Mirrorchrome is not aerosol, it has to be mixed and sprayed, but it is pricey. It would still be much less than $1000+ in moldings. It seems to have pretty good reviews.

[litew8]

What difference does that make? I'd go cheapest.

[67_C-30]

Originally Posted by litew8

What difference does that make? I'd go cheapest.

I love cheapest, but I want something that will hold up. The SpazStix says it made for lexan, so I'm sure how it will work on aluminum.

[litew8]

It sticks to the base coat I thought. So as long as the black base coat sticks...

[67_C-30]

It is designed to sprayed on inside of the lexan RC body, and then black is sprayed on top of it to keep it from being translucent. RC bodies are painted from the inside out, so it won't scratch off when the car rolls over, etc.

Ultimate Mirror Chrome™ is specially formulated for use with Lexan plastic. To achieve best results, Ultimate Mirror Chrome™ should be backed with Spaz Stix Ultimate Black Backer for Mirror Chrome. Use Spaz Stix Ultimate Clear Coat (SZX10909) as a thin layer to lightly seal the Mirror Chrome and protect any additional colors from bleeding through.

I paint a lot of RC bodies, but I've never tried this stuff. It all sprays on the inside.

[litew8]

Interesting, thanks for the correction. Glad I didn't buy that stuff then

[sstaten69]

67_C-30
Those R.C. bodys look kool. Painted a few of those. This is one on a truck I did a few years ago. Never ran the yellow one just sat on the shelf to, scared I would mess it up. The purple one was the beater body. Wish I would of done the yellow/purple one on a chevy body. Think they didnt have one at the time i did it. (had it on ebay But didnt sale) My son was thinkin about doing the spray chrome on some interior parts..

[67_C-30]

Originally Posted by sstaten69

67_C-30
Those R.C. bodys look kool. Painted a few of those. This is one on a truck I did a few years ago. Never ran the yellow one just sat on the shelf to, scared I would mess it up. The purple one was the beater body. Wish I would of done the yellow/purple one on a chevy body. Think they didnt have one at the time i did it. (had it on ebay But didnt sale) My son was thinkin about doing the spray chrome on some interior parts..

Very cool!