Powder Coating over chrome plating

[senna-the-great]

Hi,
Can you powder coat over chrome plating , is there anything
special you have to do to prep it?
Thanks,
Art

[mkminoia]

All I do is give it a blast, to give the coating something to adhere to. You can also put some of the transparent powder right over it without blasting for a really neat look. I've done that for a bunch of people.

[Noob2PC]

Originally Posted by mkminoia

All I do is give it a blast, to give the coating something to adhere to. You can also put some of the transparent powder right over it without blasting for a really neat look. I've done that for a bunch of people.

Just make sure it is clean of any oils right, Then hit it with a Clear top coat with say, some metal flake added for a sparkley look?

[mkminoia]

Originally Posted by Noob2PC

Just make sure it is clean of any oils right, Then hit it with a Clear top coat with say, some metal flake added for a sparkley look?

exactly

i sprayed right over polish ... no sand blasting it it held up good

[Blademan]

I used one of those scotch guard pads and sorta srub it and cleaned it with acetone, and no problems...

[drfjr1976]

Originally Posted by Blademan

I used one of those scotch guard pads and sorta srub it and cleaned it with acetone, and no problems...

Thats what I do and did on this piece
http://www.caswellplating.com/bbs/al....php?pic_id=31

[jtagger19]

what about anodizing
can you powder coat over it without doing anything special like sandblasting or buffing

[mkminoia]

You can, it will coat, but you will not get as good a bond if you don't prep it properly.

[Blademan]

a word of caution on adding metal flake....make sure its true metal flake, some of the metal flakes are actually made of ground polyester..