insterment before@after

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what color and brand of paint is the silver?
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it was chrome in a can.Dupli-color chrome.I stripped it right down to bare metal taped off black area and painted.then taped off silver area and painted flat black.I was really surprised how the chrome in a can turned out.
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that looks better than the chrome paint i tried to use on my plastic cluster.
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:thup:, You did a great job!
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Thanks for posting Mark, I have a hideous gold colored instrument panel. I was afraid I was going to have to buy a new one to make it look right.
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That really came out nice, good job! :thup:
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Looks 8)
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looks go :woohoo: od
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