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Old 02-13-2004, 06:29 AM
Keith Tedford Keith Tedford is offline
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Default Re: Vacuum Metalizing Plastic

Back in the summer of '68 I worked on a machine for putting the chrome look bead on the Pontiac dash insert. A roll of plastic much like saran wrap was used and it had the metal on one side. A heated unit pressed the foil onto the surface and the plastic pulled away leaving the nice shiny bead.
The metalized parts were put in a cabinet and completely metalized then the areas to remain shiny were masked and the rest was painted whatever colour that was required.
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