Summary for chrome paint for bumper spots Discussion
chrome paint for bumper spots is the likely fallback here, but the thread does not promise a perfect repair. Arthur Brogard says his 1971 Ford bumper has chrome plating breached down to the underlying layers, with green areas showing through, and he cannot afford full re-chroming. He asks whether modern chrome paint would work as a patch or whether the whole bumper should be coated. The only visible response in the excerpt is a reference to Chrome-tone Bumper Paint on Amazon, with no detailed technical guidance shown. So the practical takeaway from the page is limited: the discussion points toward chrome paint as a lower-cost alternative when re-chroming is not feasible, but the excerpt does not confirm how durable or visually convincing it will be as a spot repair versus a full refinish.
Q.
From what I’ve read on this excellent site my car’s front bumper bar has the chrome plating breached down to the underneath layers and, to quote “…It’s all over…”.
There’s green areas coming through.
I can’t afford to put the thing into a shop for a complete re-chroming so I’m guessing the next best thing would be this modern ‘chrome paint’ your site mentions.
Would that be right?
And does it work okay as a ‘patch’ or should the whole thing be done with it? (pretty big old 1971 car, days of mega chrome)
Arthur Brogard
– Murray Bridge, South Australia
September 14, 2012
A. Hi. There is cheap “Bumper Chrome” paint available and, although it probably doesn’t look much like chrome, it can be applied in patches and will stop the corrosion.
I happened to have been at an antique car show last week and noticed that several cars just used bumpers painted in a metallic gray (not even real shiny), and it didn’t look terrible. What’s good enough for a ’57 Chevy is to me more than good enough for a ’71 Ford :-)
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September 16, 2012