{"id":353,"date":"2016-10-11T09:21:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T07:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2021-09-17T00:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:02:24","slug":"silvering-recipe-for-sale-the-spraychrome-technic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/silvering-recipe-for-sale-the-spraychrome-technic\/","title":{"rendered":"Silvering recipe for sale – The spraychrome technic"},"content":{"rendered":"

StardustColors is a recognized manufacturer of Spraychrome system, and Chemical concentrate products to achieve the famous hydro chrome effect.<\/p>\n

This stunning technic is based on a quite simple chemical reaction.
\nOriginally it was inspired from the mirror silvering industry, which since hundreds of years, use the reduction of Silver metal over glass, to create perfectly reflective mirrors.<\/p>\n

Silvering – Chrome\u00a0spray paint<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Nowadays, there are quite a lot of companies using this process to imitate chrome plated surfaces : They basically use a chrome machine made of stainless tanks, hoses and sprayguns, to spray the waterbased solutions over a substrates (usually a glossy basecoat).
\nThe thin silver film obtained (a few nanometers thick !) looks quite really like real hard chrome (normally obtained with chrome bath – the technic is very efficient, but unfortunately quite expensive and polluant \/ toxic).<\/p>\n

So we can says that the technic is quite interesting, as it give a chrome effect, very easily, without any very toxic and dangerous process, and above all, at a very low cost (less than 40 euros per squaremeters)<\/p>\n

More details :<\/strong> Chrome spray paint<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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How it works ?<\/h3>\n

Basically it is the reduction of silver nitrate (with a reductor), over a substrate activated with Tin chlorid.
\nThe overall is coated with a blue violet varnish to counter the natural yellowing optical effect of the wet silver.<\/p>\n

Chrome recipe :<\/h3>\n

What we offer is the chemical reaction recipe.
\nOur offer is reserved to our overseas applicators who own our spraychrome machines, and have difficulties to import our products, due to the Air freight hazards regulations.
\nThis includes all the components to prepare the products, and the exact mixing process.
\nThis is not simply a recipe, this is a result of years of hard work and hundreds of tests, in order to get the best silvering reaction.<\/p>\n

2 differents formulas<\/h3>\n

– with toxic reductor (that is the most common recipe used by most of the famous spraychrome companies )
\n– without toxic reductor (that is the recipe we use, it is as eficient as the first one. its only disadvantage is the reaction slowness when temperature is under 10-15 \u00b0C)
\nOur activator, Silver and reductor recipe is for “concentrates” . The mixings instructions are simple.
\nWe also can give information about wetting agent and how to tint the clearcoat in order to achieve a perfectly clear chrome.<\/p>\n