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Surefire way to paint chrome screwheads black?

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fiscap:
If screw covers are an option, I used Pro-Dec to buy mine. I tried Home Depot, but they only had a few in stock at each location I checked.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: fiscap on August 17, 2006, 02:15:56 pm ---If screw covers are an option, I used Pro-Dec to buy mine. I tried Home Depot, but they only had a few in stock at each location I checked.

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Nice link!  I guess the ones I bought would be the "Tap Caps" - in black.

shardian:

--- Quote from: Rocky on August 15, 2006, 10:35:23 pm ---The best way to get chrome carriage bolts to be black is with gun blueing solution.

Check out Prok's web page on this subject. I've done this and it works great.


http://www.rgvac.com/restoration.asp?projid=17



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I would really like to try this, but I can buy like 50 brand new black bolts from divemaster for the price of the bluing kit. Would still be a good use for those hard to replace bolts on original machines.
Anyone else do this and have pics?

TOK:

--- Quote from: Animeka on August 16, 2006, 10:26:59 pm ---How about you keep it simple... Use nailpolish.

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Thats what I was thinking. Get a black paint marker and color them. I did this on my speaker grills, and they look great.

MikeDeuce:
I have a few #6 screws holding the acrylic down on my little single player cp.

I scuffed the heads and pushed them into a thin cardboard box, primed them, baked them under a halogen work lamp then painted them with a gloss black and baked them again. They haven't scratched or chipped, but they aren't under a lot of direct abuse, since they're countersunk in acrylic. When screwing them in I was just careful and didn't let driver slip out, and screwed it in by hand of course. You could probably paint up 20-50 of them at a time and store them in the same position poking out of a box in case they ever start to show signs of wear.

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