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Paint/plating question
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ROTTEN
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You can try Testors enamel #1180 steel or 1181 aluminum. I've touched up my cad plating with either one, realizing that nothing is going to look like original plating.
There is a home tin zinc plating kit (Eastwood) that I have used and results were pretty good. Just omit the polishing after the plating is done and it looks like cad.
There is a home tin zinc plating kit (Eastwood) that I have used and results were pretty good. Just omit the polishing after the plating is done and it looks like cad.
PAGoldsby
Not available in stores..
Talk to the guys at Brush Plating. They make chemicals to plate almost any metal with all sorts of other chemicals, including cadmium. This is what "100-point" auto restorers use to replate parts to the original look. Spendy.
Personally, I like the Testors model paint idea!
Personally, I like the Testors model paint idea!
