cutting chrome parts off the sprue

[KTem]

How can I get chrome bits off the sprue without damaging the chrome? When I cut them off, the spot where the chrome part was attached to the sprue is not chromed, which looks bad. How to solve this?

[rx7king]

im pretty sure that is enevitable*, but what i do is just use the closest matching chrome paint i have and fill the spot, or strip the part after its cut off and spray the whole thing with chrome or silver paint

[toyota00]

Ya, there isn't really a way to prevent it so you just gotta spray it with paint like the guy above me said...

[deepraj]

Yes its pretty much inevitable, I try to minimise the amount to chrome lost by cutting the parts off carefully and not sanding them. I also use X-11 paint to try to cover the exposed area this is alot easier if the plastic underneath is a light colour (red is a nightmare to cover). Or you as the others have said you can strip the whole part using brake fluid and then respray it with a crome paint such as Alclad.

Deepraj

[klutz_100]

I seem have to developed into an Alclad II addict of late however before that happened, I tried (successfully I think) to hide sprue removal scars with small bits of BMF. Blenede in better with the kit chrome IMO.

HTH

[KTem]

Thanks all for replying. I don't have an airbrush, nor alclad, so I can't alclad those parts... Deepraj: I tried silver paint (TS30 spray, decanted) but colour-wise it differs too much from the chrome, so the "damage" is still visible. I can, however, put BMF on the parts to hide the blemishes! Thanks for that suggestion, Klutz! I'll give it a try.