KFS used to supply it Pete. Check their website to see if it's still available from Howard. If you are planning on the chromed effect, you need to undercoat first with gloss black enamel.

It can only be applied by airbrush, hand painting doesn't work.

The results are really good with Alclad Chrome, it doesn't have that ultra shiny toy-like finish that chromed plastic has.

There's an Alclad website which has useful tips for use, and shows the various colours, shades etc.

Peter

You can also get Alclad from here www.hiroboy.com

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Dave

Hello,

It"s very important that the gloss black paint is completly straight, without any defaults becauce Alclad wil put extra attention to any default. Spray 5 to 6 very thin coats of Alclad crome. Than you will get a very nice shine on your parts. Excelent for Alcoa alu rims. Good luck.
Danny

never used alcad , pete but id use alcad black gloss in case it might react,,someone else might might have used halfords and it was a ok

You can use it over a black lacquer base, but it won't look like chrome, more of a shiny silver, you get the same results if used over Tamiya acrylics, so far I've found the best to get a good shine on the chrome alclad is to use Revell gloss black enamel thinned with lacquer thinners, which gives the paint a shorter drying time.

Use around 15-20 psi on the airbrush and give it two coats, if you put too much alclad on you will get a dull finish, also try to use the airbrush as a brush and not to just spray it on.

I know it's not a truck, but this is the little A-H sprite I built recently, the chrome was stripped and done in chrome Alclad,

have you tried here. it lists all the uk stockists

http://alclad2.com/buy/uk-distributors-retailers/

Hi,

The alclad paints work well but need a precise approach. Get your plastic really smooth, use alclad primer (smooth it will polishing cloths)then alclad gloss black base (again smoothing it with polishing cloths if you let it dry fully - sometimes a good result is obtained by spraying the chrome, etc. on when the base has dried for about an hour.

Spray the alclad metal paints at a very low pressure (8 - 12 psi)and very light coats, its very easy to overdo it. Alclad also do a aqua clear that can be used over the chrome - it will dull it a bit but if its a part that will be handled a lot its a good precaution.

Cheers,