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Apr 19, 2009 | 02:04 PM

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anyone done a full chrome badge yet?

Apr 20, 2009 | 09:06 AM

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bump for full chrome badge, how would one go about doing this?

Apr 21, 2009 | 01:20 AM

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Yeah just an illusion. Chrome outline, summit white paint!

did you get the paint from gm or is there a duplicolor summit white?

Apr 21, 2009 | 02:40 AM

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My bowties are blue i'll get a pic in the morning to post

Apr 21, 2009 | 03:11 AM

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bump for full chrome badge, how would one go about doing this?

??? it would be sweet thou and i dont think anyone else has done it

Apr 23, 2009 | 09:56 PM

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thanks blueberry for showing me what a white bowtie looked like
i had to do it myself

its drying did 6 coats of white gloss and 6 coats of clear

Apr 23, 2009 | 11:57 PM

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thanks blueberry for showing me what a white bowtie looked like
i had to do it myself

its drying did 6 coats of white gloss and 6 coats of clear

That looks sweet, good call on going over the chrome too, that looks really clean.

Apr 24, 2009 | 02:26 AM

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i think he taped over the chrome to keep it intact. if so...

Apr 24, 2009 | 02:27 AM

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That looks sweet, good call on going over the chrome too, that looks really clean.

i taped the chrome off so that white paint is just on the tape
ill post pics when i take the tape off and its on the car

Apr 24, 2009 | 02:29 AM

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IMHO you should do the chrome black.

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:22 PM

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im diggin the chrome with the white so im gonna leave it
lemme know how it looks

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:46 PM

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??? it would be sweet thou and i dont think anyone else has done it

duplicolour makes an "instant chrome" spray paint thats like 8$, but I wonder how well this would look. As in would it look cheap as **** or actually decent? Anyone got a pic of a chrome badge?

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:51 PM

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IMHO you should do the chrome black.

That would be fun to paint lol

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:58 PM

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Did you just use high gloss paint w/ a clear coat? Like what you pick up frm walmart?

Apr 24, 2009 | 04:58 PM

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Did you just use high gloss paint w/ a clear coat? Like what you pick up frm walmart?

That's how I did mine

Apr 24, 2009 | 05:32 PM

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yeah i was gonna grab the duplicolor but then i saw the krylon for plastics and got that instead with some clear coat of the same brand
it was also like 5 dollars a can cheaper

Apr 25, 2009 | 05:06 AM

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that looks tight manny

Apr 25, 2009 | 05:28 AM

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that looks tight manny

thanks dude

Apr 25, 2009 | 05:30 AM

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well done on the bowtie, looks sweet

Apr 25, 2009 | 03:45 PM

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yeah i was gonna grab the duplicolor but then i saw the krylon for plastics and got that instead with some clear coat of the same brand
it was also like 5 dollars a can cheaper

I used krylon for plastics too works and looks grate for bowties!

Apr 25, 2009 | 07:12 PM

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If you prepare the badge correctly instead of just putting it on cardboard & spraying, it'll stay on and wont chip. I'm skeptical about using Krylon Fusion, though. Sure its meant for plastic but not when its going 85mph on a highway with rocks/pebbles. Outside of a Krylon product, what else can be used and abused?