You should contact the paint companies and ask who painted the chrome on the caps of their paint cans cuz that seems much better than the paint inside them. Lol
Thank you for that video Chris. It's helpful in more than one way, as some of us don't necessarilly look for a perfect chrome; sometimes you want a duller or aged chrome depending on the project, like a derelict or patina'd car. I was a bit bummed at first seeing this wednesday's video wasn't a model kit, but turns out I'm really grateful for that video!
Cool video. I think that a lot of these paints would have more of a shine over gloss black. I know that AK chrome requires a gloss black base. The downside to the Revell paint is that it's $35 and can plus shipping.
I knew the Revell chrome would win this contest, as it is a far better product than anything else on the market. But $30+ for a can is a little ridiculous. I’m sure I will bite the bullet and get some. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely love duplicolor products it sprays very good,just in the process of testing the chrome spray going to shoot a clear coat this morning, absolutely correct warming the cans I put mid in the sink wit hot water
Ok last comment for today Chris! I used to work as an auto body tech, and I can tell you that clear coat makes a night and day difference. For example, a pinkish red raw color coat will almost turn bright red with clear. So may I suggest that you try clearing all those spoons, and come back to us with a part 2 of that video?
seems about right, most chrome Sprays or Paints need to have a Black high gloss base coat to get the chrome coming out , a matt primer take down the effect even on gloss paints
FANTASTIC test, Chris! Love how you did everything the same, and with vs without primer. One caution to viewers: I've read MANY reports that ANY kind of clear, even Future, over the Revell Chrom SEVERELY dulls the finish. So Chris, a sweet addendum test would be for you to try a few clears & Future over some spoons sprayed with the Revell.
i got the rust-oleum bright coat metallic finish because it looked like the second best in terms of actual chrome reflection, second best for colour reflection. The duplicolor chrome one doesn't have as good reflectivity in your video. I hope my rust-oleum can is a good one.
Wow! Great video. I would never have the resources or the time to do anything near this to determine a good chrome paint, but I sure as heck am glade you do! New sub.
This was a great video!! Fun and professional. I have tried many of the paints you demonstrated, but I always wondered if the proverbial "chrome in a can" actually existed. Yes, it is...Revell. I have never even heard of the brand. Now I'm off to search for it. Thank you for puting decades of curiosity to rest! ✌️
Glad to see the stock back up ! Just ordered and your online system was smooth using Paypal ! Thank you and will give an update ! BTW Great detailed Video .
Having sprayed some model car bodies with the Revell chrome I can agree that it’s very good, didn’t realise it was hard to get, I had no trouble and I only used it as it was the first chrome spray I found, seems I found the best :) Thanks for the effort you put in, great informative video
Love this comparison video!! you have performed a modeling and car restoration community service!! Just wish I could give you TWO thumbs up and then Two big toes up as a bonus salute.
YES. Thank you for Mentioning Paint Can Warming. I've Done it Since JR High 13 yrs old by puttng them in Sink of hot Water to Get Paint Temp between 88-98 Degrees Fahrenheit ut thins the Oaint & Rauses propellant oressurein can both Which cause Finer mist if oaint From Nozzle
Great vid. Thanks for the info. I’ve used the Rustoleum Bright Coat for NMF on aircraft models and it works very well. I just takes several light coats.
Without access to a full lab this is a very honest test/review Chris. Maybe I need to start looking at some other Chromes as I tend to only use Molotov. The Revell is a difinite winner for a BRIGHT CHROME finish. Rustoleum Bright Chrome Finish seemed to really run on the unpainted spoon
This is a great video. I have experimented with several chrome paints also. I have to agree the Revell is the best/easiest. Molotow thru an airbrush is real close. I just wish there was a way to have real chrome plating done similar to what Chrometech USA used to do. No spray chrome looks as good as real plating.
This is one of the most helpful & instructional videos you have ever done. Exposing what is good to what isn't. I am watching live streams where the very subject is spraying chrome. I am going to refer this video like crazy. One of those paints you have buffs out shiny like crazy. I just read that on comments from Oz scale modeling's live stream today.
Most of the fancy chrome coatings recommend a high gloss black undercoat. That should fix the less glossy problem while taking advantage of the deep color.
Great video Chris and much appreciated. I have tried the Testors and the Rustoleum Bright Chrome. The Rusto was the best I found up til now. Not great but was acceptable. Now the Revell is a game changer. Have to try it but oh the price. I don’t yet have an airbrush so haven't tried AK or other airbrush chrome. I did enjoy this comparison.
I was thinking about making a hot rod pedal cart with a chrome grill. So I watched your video. The Revell brand is hard to get here, and expensive. But I'm determined. Thinking about things, I walked into my kitchen for a snack. Then I noticed my Revell classic stainless steel toaster. It polished to a mirror finish. It's easier to buy a new toaster than a can of that stuff. But thanks for the experiment.
How cool would be to be able to purchase the artwork for our shops and hobby rooms. It would be nice to give artists recognition for their box art like the old AMT kits
The biggest problem with the realistic spray can chrome and the airbrush chrome like Alclad is that they can't be touched because the oils in your skin will dull them down to regular silver in short order, they can't be buffed or polished to a higher shine or to restore the original shine - that also turns them silver, and you can't give them a black wash like on a grille because that ruins them too. Most clear coats instantly turn them silver as well, really not a good alternative to actual chromed plastic.
@@RikBiel71 I have some of that, along with the chrome. I haven't tried the chrome yet, but I can say the Vallejo Burnt Iron metal finish works beautifully. Makes VERY nice-looking exhaust manifolds.
You should contact the paint companies and ask who painted the chrome on the caps of their paint cans cuz that seems much better than the paint inside them. Lol
I asked them once. Its not the same paint. The caps are actually electro plated. Dulux told me this. Really pissed me off.
My thoughts exactly,How are the caps always chrome but the paint is Grey.
Whats on the top..that's what the hell we wanted
" my hand hasn't moved that fast since i was thirteen " LOL!
Chris is on fire today
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Stiil moving after all those years
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One of the last honest reviewers left online. Amazing review
The Revell Chrom Spray is ABSOLUTELY the winner! WOW! That stuff has me sold on it! Thanks for the video.
$30 a can... I guess you get what you pay for!
@flippy66 and nowhere can you get it for 30... maybe 35 plus a ridiculous shipping cost.. and out of stock most places anyway
THANK
YOU
Chris !!!
Lot of work that is greatly appreciated!!
Thank you for an outstanding test of the various chromes. Much appreciated!!!
I like the into "take your lil fingers and type it in google" 😂 gotta love this guy, no bs attitude
wow what a great analysis. Props to Revell
I'm glad you took the time to show the workmanship of excitement. Thank you!
I came for the chrome paint. Stayed for this guys personality.
i have graduated to an airbrush, but before I would use the simple Rustoleum metallic. I got decent results. The Revell paint though is the winner.
Fantastic video!!!! Revell is it! True, you get what you pay for! Thx
Thank you for that video Chris. It's helpful in more than one way, as some of us don't necessarilly look for a perfect chrome; sometimes you want a duller or aged chrome depending on the project, like a derelict or patina'd car. I was a bit bummed at first seeing this wednesday's video wasn't a model kit, but turns out I'm really grateful for that video!
Cool video. I think that a lot of these paints would have more of a shine over gloss black. I know that AK chrome requires a gloss black base. The downside to the Revell paint is that it's $35 and can plus shipping.
That’s so expensive, that’s like 60$
Agreed, gloss black would give it a deeper chrome look.
Thanks!
That Revell Chrome is amazing !!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together! I respect the massive amount of work this took, and the time and money spent!
I'm so glad you made this video I've been on the search for the best chrome spray. Thanks for sharing
Nice review Chris, yes, love the Revell Chrome Spray!!!!!
Great video Chris. The Revell paint sure did good in this test. Maybe a video update on how durable each paint is would be popular. 👍
so revel chrome paint is best? then clearcoat?
@@AckzaTV yes.
you accidentally said Rustoleum at 22:35, but you meant Revell :) @@nicoschroeder5379
thank you for this video, it helps us all without having to buy everyone to test them. Much appreciated!
I knew the Revell chrome would win this contest, as it is a far better product than anything else on the market. But $30+ for a can is a little ridiculous. I’m sure I will bite the bullet and get some. Thanks for sharing.
Try $40
I decant a little in the airbrush each time. Lasts forever
Thanks for doing the “footwork “ for us Chris. Nice looking expensive chrome !!!!
Absolutely love duplicolor products it sprays very good,just in the process of testing the chrome spray going to shoot a clear coat this morning, absolutely correct warming the cans I put mid in the sink wit hot water
Big thanks for doing this. Really love seeing how paints look out of the can as the cap color and what the label claims it to be are rarely accurate.
Free Palestine!
Thanks for the great learning experience!
Never realized there were this many options. Thanks for showing them, makes easier for us.
Great Video some funny comments which makes it fun to watch but great test of all these products saves me time trying them thanks for posting.
You saved us all from buying a half dozen useless cans of paint, thank you!
That savings can go towards the Revell chrome spray!
Excellent job, Chris, and yes, I do enjoy these comparison videos. Keep them coming!!
Thanks! Will do!
Ok last comment for today Chris! I used to work as an auto body tech, and I can tell you that clear coat makes a night and day difference. For example, a pinkish red raw color coat will almost turn bright red with clear. So may I suggest that you try clearing all those spoons, and come back to us with a part 2 of that video?
I agree surprised Chris didn't Lose Clear All of them !!
seems about right, most chrome Sprays or Paints need to have a Black high gloss base coat to get the chrome coming out , a matt primer take down the effect even on gloss paints
Clear over these chrome sprays will most likely turn them dull.
@@Electrobeam673 Correct, for my experiment at least: clear coat completely dulled it, which I expected as well.
Can you edit your comment for someone who doeant speak chrome language, pls?
This was awesome, thank you for testing all these spray chromes and yes, quite obvious the Revell wins by a landslide!
I was looking for a good review and found this GREAT review! Win!!!
FANTASTIC test, Chris! Love how you did everything the same, and with vs without primer. One caution to viewers: I've read MANY reports that ANY kind of clear, even Future, over the Revell Chrom SEVERELY dulls the finish. So Chris, a sweet addendum test would be for you to try a few clears & Future over some spoons sprayed with the Revell.
Yeah...the clear coat ruins the chrome effect..really hope that someone finds a clear coat,that will work with Revell...
~I am glad you did this video as I am a chrome fanatic~Revell thumbs up all the way~thanks~👍
Great job! Love the attention to detail and comparisons. I now know the difference between metallic and chrome
Thanks so much! An excellent well thought out test.
Thanks fo r this video Great time and money saver. Very informative
Yeah all the chrome paints are so misleading. Great video Chris, keep em coming I'll keep watching watching.
Thanks so much! I'm working on a plastic torso, i want to paint chrome. Been really helpful. Now finding the paint.
...excellent review...thanx for that HUUGE effort!!!
i got the rust-oleum bright coat metallic finish because it looked like the second best in terms of actual chrome reflection, second best for colour reflection. The duplicolor chrome one doesn't have as good reflectivity in your video. I hope my rust-oleum can is a good one.
Thank you so much,great video.
Excellent video Chris,very informative 👍, thanks!
Great video Chris and lots of great ideas for painting chrome 😊
Great video on crome Cris thanks for the time invested an appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻
Wow! Great video. I would never have the resources or the time to do anything near this to determine a good chrome paint, but I sure as heck am glade you do! New sub.
Thank you for sorting all that out for us.
Thanks for the great comparison Chris, thats one hell of a fleet of helping hands you have!
Very informative. Thanks Chris.
This was a great video!! Fun and professional. I have tried many of the paints you demonstrated, but I always wondered if the proverbial "chrome in a can" actually existed. Yes, it is...Revell. I have never even heard of the brand. Now I'm off to search for it. Thank you for puting decades of curiosity to rest! ✌️
Great video. If you find more versions of “Chrome” paint, maybe put them up against the Revell paint. Keep ‘em coming.
thank, you for sharing you're helpful video
Thanks for the video! Great information!
Glad to see the stock back up ! Just ordered and your online system was smooth using Paypal ! Thank you and will give an update ! BTW Great detailed Video .
This is a great review and very informative. I just subscribed. Thanks for the work and expense that you went to for us modelers.
Perfect presentation!
Great review and Video, very well done. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend.
-David
Having sprayed some model car bodies with the Revell chrome I can agree that it’s very good, didn’t realise it was hard to get, I had no trouble and I only used it as it was the first chrome spray I found, seems I found the best :)
Thanks for the effort you put in, great informative video
where did you find the spray?
@@nicolettew6479 sorry for late reply, found it on eBay, I’m in England
Very helpful video gives a lot of options
Love this comparison video!! you have performed a modeling and car restoration community service!!
Just wish I could give you TWO thumbs up and then Two big toes up as a bonus salute.
Thanks for the video. Your great.
Fantastic Chris!
Great helpful video!!!
Wow the unprimed looks the best. Well I just ordered some, thanks for this review.
Great episode again Chris..
YES. Thank you for Mentioning Paint Can Warming. I've Done it Since JR High 13 yrs old by puttng them in Sink of hot Water to Get Paint Temp between 88-98 Degrees Fahrenheit ut thins the Oaint & Rauses propellant oressurein can both Which cause Finer mist if oaint From Nozzle
Good video Chris! Very helpful! Thank you 😎👍
Very thorough Nice work .
Great vid. Thanks for the info. I’ve used the Rustoleum Bright Coat for NMF on aircraft models and it works very well. I just takes several light coats.
Without access to a full lab this is a very honest test/review Chris. Maybe I need to start looking at some other Chromes as I tend to only use Molotov. The Revell is a difinite winner for a BRIGHT CHROME finish. Rustoleum Bright Chrome Finish seemed to really run on the unpainted spoon
This is a great video. I have experimented with several chrome paints also. I have to agree the Revell is the best/easiest. Molotow thru an airbrush is real close. I just wish there was a way to have real chrome plating done similar to what Chrometech USA used to do. No spray chrome looks as good as real plating.
A very good review I've put off buying any chrome paint due to the fact I figured they wouldn't be chrome...Now I know Thanks!
Thank you so much for your hard work. I just found German technology I needed
I just sprayed some SMS airbrush chrome over gloss black tonight - fantastic paint
Awesome always cool stuff always thanks 😎
This was so helpful! Thank you for this! 🙏🙌
Very informative.
Great review Chris! That helps a lot!
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Very thorough and helpful review
A good review. I've never had any luck with Chrome paint.
I’m laughing, fun review…..subscribed!! “A lot of you have been enjoying Dupli-cover”…….yeah, she’s real sweet 🤣
Thanks for the comparisons!
Helps a lot
This is one of the most helpful & instructional videos you have ever done. Exposing what is good to what isn't. I am watching live streams where the very subject is spraying chrome. I am going to refer this video like crazy. One of those paints you have buffs out shiny like crazy. I just read that on comments from Oz scale modeling's live stream today.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Revell Chrom now cannot buy anywhere lol.... I'll grab the Rust-oleum Bright Coat, seems decent enough.
Most of the fancy chrome coatings recommend a high gloss black undercoat. That should fix the less glossy problem while taking advantage of the deep color.
Great video Chris and much appreciated. I have tried the Testors and the Rustoleum Bright Chrome. The Rusto was the best I found up til now. Not great but was acceptable. Now the Revell is a game changer. Have to try it but oh the price. I don’t yet have an airbrush so haven't tried AK or other airbrush chrome. I did enjoy this comparison.
Great video needed this!
Thanks for sharing
Cool and useful as always.
I was thinking about making a hot rod pedal cart with a chrome grill. So I watched your video. The Revell brand is hard to get here, and expensive. But I'm determined.
Thinking about things, I walked into my kitchen for a snack. Then I noticed my Revell classic stainless steel toaster. It polished to a mirror finish. It's easier to buy a new toaster than a can of that stuff.
But thanks for the experiment.
This was awesome! Thank you!
Awesome job.
I watched this because i have some chrome plated plastic that has peeled on my cars interior plastic trim pieces. Must get the revel now
How cool would be to be able to purchase the artwork for our shops and hobby rooms. It would be nice to give artists recognition for their box art like the old AMT kits
OMG ! Thank you so much!
Now...like you've said ...
Have to find some !!! 😂
Great comparison video. Thanks.
Revell hands down
The biggest problem with the realistic spray can chrome and the airbrush chrome like Alclad is that they can't be touched because the oils in your skin will dull them down to regular silver in short order, they can't be buffed or polished to a higher shine or to restore the original shine - that also turns them silver, and you can't give them a black wash like on a grille because that ruins them too. Most clear coats instantly turn them silver as well, really not a good alternative to actual chromed plastic.
Can Chris b seduced to test C1 metalizer and the like?
A pure water based clear can be used and unlike solvent based clears won’t dull to silver
@@RikBiel71 any recommendations?
@@CharlieLarkin75 Barbatos Rex did a test review on Vallejo Metal Varnish
I have bought some but not tried it yet
@@RikBiel71 I have some of that, along with the chrome. I haven't tried the chrome yet, but I can say the Vallejo Burnt Iron metal finish works beautifully. Makes VERY nice-looking exhaust manifolds.
try over shiny black paint