Systems for chroming - silver spraying equipment 

StardustColors now offers 3 Chrome plating systems : these are simple equipments that allow the spraying of paint with a chrome plating machine. These chrome plating techniques are not paint processes and do not produce real hard chrome : they are decorative chrome effects, in the form of a layer of pure silver, sprayed with chrome plating machines, which creates a mirror on a shiny undercoat, thanks to a chemical process known as silver plating.

Find below details of the solutions and offers.

The "Chrome at Home" system : set of manual pumps, delivered with products.

The PRO system : complete silver plating spraying station, products sold separately.

The EXPERT system : complete silver spraying station, products sold separately.

Download the documentation and PDF leaflet on each product page.

The differences between Pro and Expert chrome plating machines

The main difference between our two spraying stations lies in the volume of the tanks (in L), and therefore the capacity to treat a surface (in m²) :

The differences between the small Pro model and the large Expert model are :

• the size of the tanks : 9 Litres for the "Pro" or 18 Litres for the "Expert".

• pressure adjustment is simplified for the Pro

• a rolling metal chassis for the "Expert". The Pro is delivered without structure, nor castors.

Both chrome-plating machines have the same result and quality of the "silver mirror coating". The major difference is the volume of the tanks : the 18-litre tanks can chrome up to 6 m² while the 9-litre tanks can treat 3 m². A saving is made with the "Pro" chrome-plating machine due to the elimination of the activator tank, which is replaced by a gun with a 600ml bucket.

Pro Machine

The technique of silver plating is a century-old process (mirrors are made by silver plating) which is in every way different from painting, because it uses a machine, as well as chemicals. The machine version Pro is the simplest and most affordable tool to implement this new technology. Not only does it give a 100% chrome effect, but it also has some significant advantages.

Expert Machine

• It is environmentally friendly, as the various liquids used for chrome-plating are water-based and contain absolutely no heavy metals.

• It is possible to chrome, with the expert machine, surfaces up to 4 or 6 square meters in one go, whatever the nature of the support (metal, aluminium, plastic, glass, wood...).

• It is more accessible and more economical than the galvanic chrome-plating process, which is expensive, laborious and increasingly regulated.

Spare parts, colors and resistances

Colored chrome effects :

Our Chrome-plating machines can create layers of mirror silver that can be colored in gold, blue, green, red or even black, simply by applying "Candy" colored varnish on top.

Spare parts are immediately available and inexpensive.

The equipments are manufactured with high quality materials produced in Europe, and they are reduced to the simplest (Tanks, hoses, sprayers) to make the stations affordable, and to allow easy and economical maintenance.

Disadvantages :

- The process is only decorative, and cannot compare with the strength of hard chrome.

It remains fragile to UVs and also to shocks, because it is made of three layers (lacquer / silver layer / varnish ).

The procedure consists of three simple steps, including our base and our special varnish : See the PDF PROCEDURE for details with the video.

Painting with an airbrush

Painting with a paint gun

Paint with a spray can