Ultimate Mirror Chrome Aerosol Paint 3.5oz

Works surprisingly well. Although it might take some hard work to get best results. I used it on wood, so I had to do multiple layers of a clear coat base to get it as close to glass smooth as I could (3 coats, sand down with 220 grit, wipe, 3 more coats, rinse and repeat. time consuming process waiting for each to dry). If you are on plastic you can probably skip that step entirely. Then you need a gloss black back coating (or, technically you could use other colors depending on what hue you want the reflective coating to be), and you want multiple coats of that. (I went with Testor's gloss black, it ended up with a mirror-like reflection itself, but just in jet black). Once that has cured, very light sprays of the chrome, so you can barely see each coat at all (the first few you probably won't see) with 30 sec-1min between coats (with such thin coats, dries quickly for reapplication). The difficulty is in knowing when to stop, my mirror coating is still a bit dark, but if you apply too much of the mirror chrome it dulls the gloss. Wait a day before lightly buffing it out with a soft cotton cloth (there is a slight film that will be on top, removing that improves the shine, but make sure it's fully dry or you will rub out the chrome entirely). You can definitely see a reflection, though on mine it's not true mirror due to the surface not being completely flat (hard to do on wood, but again plastic such as for models should be fine). But the outcome is it looks like it's coated in metal, which is the goal, with some reflective properties. One note when working with this, be careful at all steps to avoid putting on too much of any spray so you don't get bubbling. Those tiny bubbles show up distinctly in the final product. But this is probably going to be the best you can do for mirror chromes (they are also a lot of youtube videos comparing the various brands, that's how I ended up picking the spax stix based on their results). The cans are only 3.5oz, so don't expect them to do any huge projects. As long as you know what you are getting into, this stuff works well

Works great but you have to spray very light/thin coats. Spraying too heavy will make it appear silver instead of chrome. Took me a couple of tries to get the perfect look

Still not exactly chrome but it looks way better than what I had. I goes on nice and easy and is easy to work with. I never expect miracles from a can so I still give it 5 stars as I believe it's the best option out there in a spray can.

Foot note.....The name is Paul, wife's account. So, I paint my own custom salmon/steelhead plugs. I have been looking for something that would give me that good mirror shine like on the store bought plugs. I had tried Krylon, goes on too thick and dulls horribly. Tried Rustolium with the same results. Finally I have found the solution. This goes on smooth and in light coats as not to weight down the plug too much. But......make sure to use a finisher on plastic first as the gloss black can scar the plastic leaving the effect of finger prints. Found this out the hard way. Also, if the Mirror Chrome looks dull try this......I placed my plugs under a heat lamp on my range and let them warm up for 30 minutes. I then put on gloves, (very important as not to leave oils on the paint), and took an old t-shirt and began rubbing vigorously. Just like polishing any chrome surface.....MIRROR SHINE!!!!!! I tried this method using a hair dryer also....same results. I use a 2 part, 30 minute drying epoxy made for repairing glass. This did not effect the chrome appearance. If anything, it improved it by adding some depth and additional shine. For those of you making your own plugs, the epoxy I use comes out of the automotive department and is called PERMA-OXY 30 minute. Nice thing about this epoxy, it goes on smooth, self leveling,(no spin dry necessary), and will fill any small openings that may be there if you are using 2 part blanks and putting them together yourself. It is also INDESTRUCTIBLE!!!!!! All and all.......IMPRESSED AND HAPPY! Best money I have spent on chrome products thus far and will not use any other product for chroming my plugs! P.S.....but the kit available. I believe it is $14-$16 dollars, and Prime eligible.

Had one scuffed chrome interior of a Jag headlight, bought this to try to fix it. Didn't even come close to the chrome of the good headlight, so I had to repaint the other good headlight so they would match with the duller silver "chrome" color. Then I bought the Duplicolor metalcast smoke paint and went over them with that. Actually turned out a pretty cool gunmetal gray! But don't expect the Spaz Stix chrome to match your stock high gloss chrome. I have heard it may work better if you heat up the surface you're working on a bit, but...?