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Reply to "Realistic Stainless Steel Appearances with Alclad2 Metalizer"

I've got an old AC500 compressor and Iwata Cr and have used those for years. One of the things I learned from model cars and semis is that when using the chrome one could use black enamel as the base and hit it with the AlcladII chrome before it fully gases out to give the chrome some "bite"...the old porblem with the chrome was if you sealed it the luster was toned way down and that's a problem with chrome. I've actually used red as a base coat as well as other colors and shown the results on the modeling forum eons ago..also used different base finishes as well to alter one top coat{flat/satin/eggshell/semi gloss}...that was kind of neat for aircraft panels giving the illusion of different metal panels using one top coat{cheating- I know}. Leaving the ALcladII chrome unsealed left you to the mercy of handling marks if you touched it later{cleaning/taking to a model show...}.

 

Antonio, have you tried the new acrylic sealer on any chrome?...how'd it do? If it works well I'll have to find another use for my "pledge with Future".

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