The Fantachrome product can only be applied by someone with the specialized equipment from this manufacturer. The Alsacorp product looks like it will cost more than the price of real chrome. I could see it, if you had a nice original whose chrome had been ruined from bad storage (sadly, all too common an occurance). If you're going to refinish the frame anyway, I'd just have the chrome redone or paint color over it.
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
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\r?\n> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:54:30 -0500
\r?\n> From: "Larry Hakim" <larryhakim@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]How about chrome paint instead of chrome plating for a frame?
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\r?\n> Hope this is an approriate question for this group: One of the hard
\r?\n> decisions I'll have to make about my Condor is whether to keep as much of
\r?\n> the existing satin chrome on the frame or get it re-chromed which Condor
\r?\n> have warned against as being too hard on the tubes. As an alternative to
\r?\n> plating there is "chrome paint" which looks like interesting stuff.
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\r?\n> Has anyone here ever used chrome paint for any bicycle project, and if so
\r?\n> were you satisfied with the results?
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\r?\n> Here are links to two companies that manufacture the paint:
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\r?\n> http://www.alsacorp.com
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\r?\n> http://www.fantachrome.com.au
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\r?\n> Larry Hakim,
\r?\n> Oxford, MS