Our artist starter kits have all the materials you need to create your finish, minus the expensive spray machinery such as spray guns. They include handheld pump sprayers instead of spray guns. Our professional starter kits have spray guns for applications where they will be used more frequently.

The chemicals have about six months of shelf-life.

If done correctly, the results should be permanent given normal wear and tear.

Our chrome finish typically does not yellow since an anti-yellowing compensating tint must be added to the topcoat to combat that antique look. Our products typically do not yellow as our silver is of high quality.

Our products contain some solvents such as toluene, xylene, and ammonia. Therefore, we recommend wearing a respirator while carrying out the process.

We recommend having a spray booth or table, but yes, you can carry this out in your garage.

Metal is slow or will not plate: The reaction is heat sensitive so cold water can cause delayed metalizing. You should also look at the purity of your water. Even as much as 5ppm dissolved solids in the water can prevent the plating process from working. Finally, check the age of the R solution; it can begin to lose potency

Excessive Yellow When Top Coat is Applied: A small amount of yellowing is expected and should be quickly neutralized by adding a violet or black tint to the top coat. However, if you are experiencing a lot of yellows that will not neutralize, there are a few things to look for. First is an insufficient deposit of metal. The finish

Rainbow or Crazing Effect when Top Coat is applied: The base coat was not sufficiently cured before metalizing. Allow more time, or use a heat cure.

Spots on the part are not taking the metal finish. There are a few things that can cause this problem. The most common is that the part needs to be sufficiently wetted. You may have noticed the water breaking when spraying SR solutions on the part. On larger parts, you may need to repeat steps 3 and 4 several times.