Bought some alclad chrome

[Guest]

I must admit, the reason i went for the alclad for the chrome paint was because of a video i saw where a guy used spoons to test alclad, mr metal, uschi polishing powder and vallejo metal finish.


The alclad was quite clearly the winner, with mr metal buffable second, the polishing powder and vallejo both looked excellent until you placed them next to the alcald, the difference was palpable.


I guess it will be a case of how well the base is done, and the effort put in to all, and the maker was honest enough to say, alclad needed way more effort, and cost way more than any others, so its swings and roundabouts i guess!

[stona]

I too use Alclad and am happy with the results. It is all about the preparation.


It isn't cheap and it doesn't go far!


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

I usually use the powders also (they also look amazing on rougher up rod if you don't polish them as old steel, check out the shafts on my airfix paddle steamer engine) have guessed I'm a fan of the powders.

Checking out another man's shafts may be a little out of my comfort zone

[Guest]

I too use Alclad and am happy with the results. It is all about the preparation.
It isn't cheap and it doesn't go far!


Cheers


Steve

Do you not find it seems to last forever? I put 3 drops in and I can do probably just under 10 Sq cm to be fair I may be doing things wrong with alclad still.

[stona]

I find that by the time I've built up a decent metallic finish I've used quite a bit of Alclad. Very often I'm spraying things like undercarriage legs which does entail a lot of wastage, most of the paint is going straight into the extractor ):


Cheers


Steve