Interior dash trim touch up/restore

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Does anyone know of a way to touch up the chrome trim on dash consoles? Does someone make like a touch up marker pen or something that looks good applied? I'm sure there's something like that out there, not sure where to look and wanted to hear others experiences doing this. Thanks!
 
No. All you will find is fake "chrome" paint. It normally looks like just like silver paint, and is not very durable either.
 
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I actually re painted my dash by removing the plastic panels. I masked and rattle can painted the satin black and wood grain . I did use a silver pen to replace the chrome. I also did the steering wheel and door insignia.The pen takes some practice to try to keep it looking as good as possible. I don't think it looks too bad but you probably wouldn't want it on a trailer queen.
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No, it doesn't look "bad". If you do all of it with that silver pen, it does look O.K. But touching up spots of missing/worn chrome, which I assume is what the OP wants to do, is a totally different thing.
 
Yote said:
I actually re painted my dash by removing the plastic panels. I masked and rattle can painted the satin black and wood grain .
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What paint did you use for the woodgrain on the panels? I think yours looks GREAT!!
 
I used Krylon fusion for plastic, satin espresso #2436 for the wood grain. Krylon fusion satin black for the rest. I followed that with Ace clear satin polyurethane # 17015 in very light coats to give the paint (especially the silver) more durability.
I agree that touching up with the silver pen may not look real good but am not sure since I did not do that.
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Thanks guys, that's exactly the stuff I was looking for. I figured the chrome trim would have to be redone, not just touched up to look uniform.
Yote, you did an incredible job on your trim! Thanks for sharing!
 
I know this is an old thread, but I am in the process of doing this myself. I tried with the silver pen trick but that was reeeealy hard and nerve-wracking. I also found that it did not stick very well. Now I am back to what I began with. Is there any other way to do this. I want to paint both the silver and the black. I'm thinking spending a lot of time masking and spray both the silver and the black.
 
There is a new product that might help here: the Molotow Chrome Marker Pens, they come in 3 size tips, 1mm, 2mm & 4mm. The feedback from guys making model cars has been amazing.
I have not seen this in person but Id love to see the results on a dash bezel.
 
SSVDP said:
There is a new product that might help here: the Molotow Chrome Marker Pens, they come in 3 size tips, 1mm, 2mm & 4mm. The feedback from guys making model cars has been amazing.
I have not seen this in person but Id love to see the results on a dash bezel.
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Thank you. I will do some research about these.
 
Just like all the other "chrome paint" it will rub off. If you try to protect it with clear, it turns dull silver.

There are plenty of places than can electroplate real nickle-chrome on plastic. That's the way to do it. Strip all paint, get them plated, then mask & paint. That's how the factory did it originally.
 
I masked all my stuff off and painted it using krylon fusion for the black and the Chrysler silver perfect match spray paint you can get at parts store for the trim. The lettering I did with a silver sharpie then I cleared it all with perfect match clear. Not sure if it shows in the pics or not but my tape lines aren't perfect, I actually learn how to do it better on the gauge cluster (last thing I painted) I'm hoping to have the whole dash back together next week and I'll have b4 and after pics in my build thread.

Oh yea, and as you can see I went with carbon fiber vinyl instead of the wood grain.


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I masked all my stuff off and painted it using krylon fusion for the black and the Chrysler silver perfect match spray paint you can get at parts store for the trim. The lettering I did with a silver sharpie then I cleared it all with perfect match clear. Not sure if it shows in the pics or not but my tape lines aren't perfect, I actually learn how to do it better on the gauge cluster (last thing I painted) I'm hoping to have the whole dash back together next week and I'll have b4 and after pics in my build thread.

Oh yea, and as you can see I went with carbon fiber vinyl instead of the wood grain.


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Thanks. That looks really good. I spent a good amount of time today masking and then spraying the satin black parts. Will mask that off and then do the silver next. I was planning to use a sharpie for the lettering too.
 
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