Anyone know If its possible to do a coat of niteshade over the chrome emblems to give it a smoked look? Im sure it is possible but how will it come out? Anyone tried it yet?

 

Never seen it done but its very possible and should give you that exact look, but, niteshades goes have a little hue of green in it.

 

tried it, doesn't work the nite shade wont stick it like bubbles up.

 

Why not just use black spray paint? Theres no light shining threw on your emblem so niteshades would be a waste of money IMO.

 

He's looking for a translucent solution that will allow for the "shine" of the chrome to show through.

OP: You might want to try a hobby shop for some translucent model paint, but I'd be concerned about how it will adhere to the chrome finish. Not much sticks to it well.

Andy

 

I know what hes going for but dont see how its possible. It will just look like he attempted to paint them but ran out. one coat will look splotchy and 2 -3 coats will turn it completely black

 

Yes thats what I was thinking, and you would have to scuff up the chrome I guess. Oh well worth a shot. Wonder if you could use some vinyl tint maybe??

 

I did mine on the Tail gate, it has been about a year and they are peeling now, I did 3 coats to black them, I found that in the sun they looked kinda purple, and yes you can see the Ford word through it with lights shining on it.
I would not recommend this though, It just doesn't look that great, and to only do one or two coats it would have very bad orange peel look to it.
I am going to do them in Flat black to match the side and handles. Maybe even flame up the oval on rear to.

 

Maybe try this, in Smoke?

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html

 

I have used the Metal cast paint before, and it will stick to scuffed chrome, and looks good, I did a set of trim rings in blue, looks exactly like anodized metal. And it is translucent, and you will be able to see the ford sign through it.

 

hard to see from this far but i did every emblem on my truck with it ...

 

hmmm that might be cool, anodized black emblems....

 

What are the steps when using that anodized paint?