Chroming

[Cris Rose]

i'm gonna get some bits chromed but i have a problem - one of the metal parts has some instructions painted on the top for a few dials it surrounds - if i get the whole thing chromed i'll lose them, and won't know how to set it properly.

so, is there any way i can "mask" an area off so that it's not chromed when the peices go in for being done?

I'm thinking of taking a photo of it, copying it in illustrator, and printing it out on transparency as an overlay either perminantly or as a refrance when i come to change it...

Also, will the chrome get into a couple of threading that are on the bits of metal?

[SimonP]

Not sure this is much use to you Cris, but I can get stuff spray chromed. So if you have any plastic bits and peices, then let me know.

[Cris Rose]

yeah, i can do that, but the effect isn't the same - for the money, i'm gonna get it plated

cheers anyway

[AndyMk3Astra]

For reapplying the detailing, you know i got transfers done for my major Cris, so thats no problem

[Pete R]

Why dont you just copy the instructions down and then you have them..... then reapply them later.

[SimonP]

Narrrr, this stuff gets carried out at my mate's place. His company do the special effects for Star Wars so he has acess to all sorts of different coatings etc.

[Cris Rose]

Andy, i ain't paying £15 for little transfers!! lmao

[AndyMk3Astra]

Alright then tight arse, stick a post it not on it, that should look 'pretty'!