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Safely and easily remove the spray chrome metal without harming the base coat.
Cosmichrome keeps minor mistakes from becoming disasters.
Cosmichrome is the only spray chrome that allows you to safely and easily remove the spray chrome metal without harming the base coat. If you notice a defect in your plating you can just remove the silver with bleach, then re-spray the Cosmichrome! No need to sand and re-apply the base coat!
Touching the base coat of competing spray chrome products is forbidden. Touching the base coat ruins their base coat finish and it will have to be sanded and re-applied. This drawback can add days to your project, sanding and waiting for base coat to dry. Cosmichrome allows you to simply remove the metal layer and re-spray the metal. This is a major technical advancement in spray chrome. Everyone makes a mistake once in a while.
Achieving a perfect chrome spray plating is easy when you remain aware of all the parameters that can have an impact on the results. Like all professional paint projects, these parameters range from temperature, humidity, dust, fingerprints, and so on. Thankfully, there is a way to salvage your part without having to sand your part and re-apply the base coat! Bleaching the base coat to re-plate a part is easy to do with Cosmichrome BCL base coat.
Bleaching A Part For Re-Plating
BLEACH THE PART!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- RUBBER GLOVES
- MICROFIBER CLOTH
- SOFT BLUE SHOP TOWELS
- CUP OF BLEACH
- COSMICHROME BASECOAT CLEANER
- THE PART TO BE BLEACHED
*NOTE: This process can only be done if the Topcoat has not yet been applied to the part.*
THE PROCESS
The part that needs re-plating will need the plating to first be removed.
We begin this process by saturating our soft blue shop towels into the cup of bleach. After it is well saturated, gently rub the bleach into the part. The chrome should begin to quickly dissolve and reveal the Basecoat underneath. Continue to rub and wipe away the plating until all the plating is removed. Re-soak your shop towel in bleach and remove any residual plating residue. Grab a new shop towel, soak in bleach and wipe down the piece as a final rundown. Now rinse your part very thoroughly with distilled water to remove any leftover bleach. Be aware that any leftover bleach will oxidize the metal and make the product look yellow! So rinse very well!
Now that the old plating is gone, we can prepare the part for re-plating.
Apply Cosmichrome Base Coat Cleaner to the part to clean the base coat for re-plating. Gently rub in the Basecoat Cleaner into the part. Be careful to not apply too much pressure. Now, rinse away Basecoat Cleaner with distilled water.
Now re-flame the part to prepare it for re-plating. After that, apply the A22 Activator solution. This activates the Basecoat for plating adhesion. Rinse again with distilled water, getting rid of any excess A22.
Time for re-plating.
Apply G4 & G5 plating solutions. Rinse with distilled water.
Congratulations! You have successfully re-plated a part!
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See Cosmchrome at 2018 The SEMA Show
Come see Cosmichrome at the 2018 SEMA Show
Las Vegas Convention Center
North Hall
Booth #10709.
This will be our 26th year at the SEMA show! There will be show specials, demonstrations and new products.October 30th-November 2nd, 2018
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Hard Rock Casino Chrome Guitars
When the Hard Rock Casino needed dozens of chrome guitars, they contacted Cosmichrome. Cosmichrome allows you to apply a chrome like finish to nearly any object and guitars are perfect for it. Because Cosmichrome is sprayed on in a paint booth it can be applied to nearly anything you can paint. Commonly called spray chrome, Cosmichrome is the only finish of its kind guaranteed not to turn yellow from sun exposure. This project is for the Hard Rock Casino. They look incredible.
These guitars made of wood. They were coated by http://coatofchrome.com for installation at the Hard Rock Casino. Don Pirre at Coat of Chrome has more than 15 years of spray chrome expertise.
Spray Chrome Helmet by Revenant Race Paint
This beautiful helmet was designed by Joseph Roth from Revenant Paint. Alternative Chrome Creations applied the Cosmichrome finish for the substrate. Joseph then sprayed a custom paint finish over the Cosmichrome base.
This is a fine example of the amazing things our customers do with Cosmichrome. These results can’t be accomplished with any other spray chrome. The helmet doesn’t conduct electricity so electroplating is out of the question. It has to be sprayed and even more importantly, the tinting, masking, and 3D engraved appearance must be accomplished without discoloring or peeling. Cosmichrome has incredible intra-coating adhesion so it can be taped with masking tape for custom paint applications.
Cosmichrome is the only spray chrome trusted by West Coast Customs, Counting Cars ( Count’s Kustomz) and General Motors.
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2017 West Coast Customs Spray Chrome Projects
West Coast Customs honored us in 2017 by featuring Cosmichrome on three builds!
A visit to West Coast Customs is always exciting. You never know which stars you might see there not to mention the stunning cars they create. Their shop has really grown over the years and their projects get more amazing. This year the Mitsubishi Motors 100th anniversary inspired a build replicating the first Mitsubishi car ever made. The challenge for Cosmichrome with this build was to simulate the original brass trim on the 1917 Model A Mitsubishi.
We made another trip to Burbank after the SEMA Show to help with a rare 1957 Cadillac featuring green tinted Cosmichrome trim. We also coated a guitar with the same color. While working on the 57 Cadillac we recoated a few trim parts for a new model Kia in copper tinted Cosmichrome. Copper and rose gold are the two most popular colors for Cosmichrome.
Watch West Coast Customs on the Velocity Channel. Netflix shows previous seasons. We are proud to have helped @WCC with many builds over the years.
Cosmichrome is the only spray on chrome that meets the standards of famous companies like West Coast Customs.
Cosmichrome is the only spray chrome guaranteed not to turn yellow in the sun. If you’d like to learn more about Cosmichrome contact us and we will send you information on how to get started spraying Cosmichrome in your shop.
Chrome Guitars sprayed in Cosmichrome
Feast your eyes on these gorgeous chrome guitars. They have been spray chromed with Cosmichrome. Chrome guitars are some of the most exiting projects to spray with Cosmichrome.
Our patented spray chrome is nearly indistinguishable from chrome electroplating. It doesn’t matter if the guitar is made of wood or nearly any other material. If you can paint the object, chances are you can spray chrome it with Cosmichrome. Furthermore, Cosmichrome is much more durable than any other spray chrome on the market so you won’t have to worry about it turning yellow or peeling after all your hard work.
We produce luscious chrome colors by tinting the Cosmichrome topcoat with one of our twenty colors. Colored chrome is a great way to personalize an instrument. Just use your painting skills and your imagination to produce a unique instrument. Cosmichrome and your paint shop will make beautiful music together.
West Coast Customs Guitar
Imagine Dragons Guitar
Imagine Dragons Guitar
Absolut Vodka Copper Guitars
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Cosmichrome at SEMA 2017
This was our 24th year at the SEMA Show!
Lots of friends visited our SEMA Show booth and SEMA 2017. Ryan and Lonny from Counting Cars and Count’s Kustoms and motorcycle racer Joy Higa. We had new product demonstrations and technical advice from the best. We also had vehicles in other booths around the show including the KIA booth.
Create your own colors for your motorcycle
You can create your own custom colors by combining Cosmichrome colors. Here our customer used a layer of red then a layer of black to create a deep red color. There results are beautiful.
Spray Chrome Problems: Performing a Glass Test
Spray chrome problems: Performing a glass test
A glass test is an easy way to test your chemicals and machine for proper operation to avoid spray chrome problems. No base coat is needed. Just wash a piece of glass with our base coat cleaner and distilled water. Rinse it well then activate and plate it. No flame treatment is needed on glass.
If the Cosmichrome finish looks good on glass, then it will look just as good on base coat.
Contact us for help if your glass test result is poor. We will help you find the issue causing the problem. The Master System Pro has a built in cleaning system that keeps your machine in proper operating condition to avoid these problems.
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