Thread: Chrome paint

Pat

ALSA the equipment alone to do that is almost $8000.00.

The other I've never heard of it's waterbased though.

Hey Pat. I've used the ALSA chrome paint a few times and it came out real good. Liked it alot. took a few trial pieces to get the hang of it, getting it smooth but it was worth it. Just got back from the SEMA show in vegas and they had some really cool new paints. One that I thought was really something was a leather/fabric paint just like their chrome! We are doing the couch's in our shop lounge in that stuff.
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Originally Posted by patoche

Hi

i would like to know if someone has already seen the result with his eyes of
FX chrom sytem of alsa :http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chr...x_prodinfo.htm

or this new one (italian product )

http://www.newfantachrome.com/goin/inizio_eng/

Is it as good that it's written

Thanks

pat

I've used the ALSA chrome on smaller projects as a base instead of white. It makes for a cool reflective effect after my painting is cut in with black. I don't know if it's water based, but it smells a bit like alcohol, and flows smooth as silk, even thru .3 nozzles.
HOK has a version, but it's solvent based, doesn't flow well thru detail nozzles, and takes at least a day to cure before you can clear.
Both the chrome effects cover VERY fast, and require much less paint than ordinary BC, though much more expensive.
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I have seen the samples ALSA shows in person, and yes, they are as nice as their photos show. Their Ghost Chrome and Mira-Chrome paints are wonderful too, but they aren't the same as the FX Chrome.
One of the things that people like ALSA have achieved with their paint that most of the home remedies haven't is stability and consistency in their products. While you might see the cost of the individual elements needed for a particular type of paint as being cheap, what you don't see is that most of the time there are large minumum amounts for each of those components, and that you end up buying a whole lot more than what you actually need or want for your work, and the shipping costs on top of those larger amounts costs you a great deal more than buying a pre mixed paint that can actually get you some customer support from the company and from others who have used the same goods.
Doing stuff on the cheap can be good sometimes, but you need to pick your battles. The old adage of "You get what you pay for" generally holds true.

I'm not surprised that they (ALSA) limits painting contests to the usage of only their paint, why would they reward the use of someone else's paint? HOK, PPG< and the rest do exactly the same thing. They want to be able to use the artwork for advertisement and marketing, and they aren't very likely going to want to show off a competitor's products. As far as them changing the rules, they state that up front, just like everybody else does, that they can change the rules at any time, and without any public notice. It gives them a way to protect themselves from those trying to exploit loopholes in the rules or instructions.