weathering chrome

[Kenny]

I have some chrome parts and I want to make them look very old and maybe chipped. I have read that bleach will strip chrome of plastic. Will a shorter length cause a beaten up look?

any other ideas?

[TREKKRIFFIC]

I have some chrome parts and I want to make them look very old and maybe chipped. I have read that bleach will strip chrome of plastic. Will a shorter length cause a beaten up look?

any other ideas?

I had an AMT Batmobile (the one from the first movie) and wanted the chrome to look dirty. Used a wash of flat black enamel and thinner. Brushed it on and waited a few minutes before giving it a light rub with a cloth. This left some raised edges shiny but mostly dirty. Turned out looking weathered and sooty; especially around the exhaust nozzle in back.

[Lt. Z0mBe]

I have some chrome parts and I want to make them look very old and maybe chipped. I have read that bleach will strip chrome of plastic. Will a shorter length cause a beaten up look?

any other ideas?

DEfinitely not. It will just make it crinkle and possbily chip.

I would suggest an india ink, water, and luandry detergent wash. Or, perhaps a pastel wash. Check out the washes thread for details. Over these, you could go with light airbrushed burnt iron, gunmetal, or flat aluminum metalized lacquers.



Kenny

[Kenny]

DEfinitely not. It will just make it crinkle and possbily chip.
Kenny

That was actually what I was thinking of causing in the first place, having a real hard time finding any pictures of old chrome and trying to remember what an old car's bumper (you call them fenders) i had looked like after one has been hit in the head as many times as I have is difficult

[Lt. Z0mBe]

DEfinitely not. It will just make it crinkle and possbily chip.
Kenny

That was actually what I was thinking of causing in the first place, having a real hard time finding any pictures of old chrome and trying to remember what an old car's bumper (you call them fenders) i had looked like after one has been hit in the head as many times as I have is difficult

The oxidation is very "spotty." I would think it could be replicated via a very light, but coarse spray pattern of gunmetal, Krylon red primer, or burnt iron to keep it in scale.

Here's some pictures of weathered chrome:

http://members.shaw.ca/rjsill/rey1.jpg
http://www.corgifan.com/blogger/rustyT500.JPG
http://edge-op.org/images/4CV/800/10040003.jpg
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ ... fat621.jpg

It's not "crinkled" as much as it is "spotted" or "peppered."

I hope this helps.

Kenny

[Floyd Walker]

Looks like an uneven coat of a clear flat may be in order, as well as the previous color recommendations.

[TREKKRIFFIC]

DEfinitely not. It will just make it crinkle and possbily chip.
Kenny

That was actually what I was thinking of causing in the first place, having a real hard time finding any pictures of old chrome and trying to remember what an old car's bumper (you call them fenders) i had looked like after one has been hit in the head as many times as I have is difficult

The oxidation is very "spotty." I would think it could be replicated via a very light, but coarse spray pattern of gunmetal, Krylon red primer, or burnt iron to keep it in scale.

Here's some pictures of weathered chrome:

http://members.shaw.ca/rjsill/rey1.jpg
http://www.corgifan.com/blogger/rustyT500.JPG
http://edge-op.org/images/4CV/800/10040003.jpg
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ ... fat621.jpg

It's not "crinkled" as much as it is "spotted" or "peppered."

I hope this helps.

Kenny

Wow ! Those are some of the best photos of weathered chrome I've ever seen !