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Resto Tip ..... (requested)

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Subject: Resto Tip ..... (requested)
From: jblair@exis.net (John T. Blair)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 17:24:48 -0400
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>Date:  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 15:00:13 -0300
>From: JJF97@uno.cc.geneseo.edu
>Subject: Resto  Tip  .....  (requested)
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> How to get the "chrome" on the circles and letters on a dash.....
>
> i have tried 2 ways.....
>
> one is trying the paint....  it mainly comes in silver, not 
> chrome.....  but testors paints, in the model car section of a toy 
> store, does have this silver paint in pen and brush form, and makes 
> it a nice appearence... this process is easier than the actual 
> "chrome" look.
>
> To get the "real" chrome look on your dash.....
>
> look in an arts and crafts store or this particular section in 
> Wal-Mart, etc. I was able to buy at my local Wal-Mart good size 
> sheets that look like Mylar (the stuff the chrome balloons are made
> of) but this is a little different.  A glue can be purchased, or 
> clear nail polish can first be applied to the surface.   Then this 
> mylar substance is pressed down on the glue once it becomes tacky.  
> press it on the surface you want chromed, wait for the glue / nail 
> polish to fully dry and then peel the sheet off.
>
> Presto!  "real chrome" not silver.  if you get too much on, you can
> carefully "scratch" it off....  if not enough, put a little more 
> gule on and repete the process.
>
> These tips work!  i personally have used them.
>
> now remember, the chrome is not mylar, but appears to be as such....
> you may find it near "fabric" type things.
>
>
> Hope this helps all of you...
>
>
> Resto Corner
>
> --joe ferrero
>
John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229

48 TR1800    48 #4 Midget  65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
     75 Bricklin SV1   77 Spitfire

The one with the most toys, wins!


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