Gonna change the look of my provari. If the chrome flashlight survives the provari is next 
Pics will come...
Pics will come...
Sacrificed a flashlight for a test
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Gold plating?
I really wanna nickel plate something haha
I'm just scared because plating aluminum is harder than steel....but maybe that means the provari will be a piece of cake
I really wanna nickel plate something haha
I'm just scared because plating aluminum is harder than steel....but maybe that means the provari will be a piece of cake
Gold isn't my style...going for a bit different black as a start. If this works, I might just open up a new idea. Other colors are available. Check tomorrow for results
I know Gold Playing is a cinch. Hell Scott Bonner aka igetcha69 has a video on it on youtube where he plates bits of his, or someone else's, Provari. I dunno if Nickel Playing is as simple and straightforward as Gold Playing. Personally Gold is too Gaudy for me.
This will be a disappointment for anyone who wanted to see something like gold plating...this is very, very simple.
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Any idiot can spraypaint, right? Why post that I trashed a two week old chrome provari with black spraypaint?
Because...it's not spraypaint:
That's the flashlight I used to test with. It's plastidip spray. Comes in a few colors and it's as easy as spraypaint but will remove when you want. I still have to find my exacto knife to remove it from the screen, but I only did two coats as a test and I can see the screen through it a little.
Nothing Earth shattering, but I thought I would share. Gives it a little grip too. We will see how it hold up. They also have glossy and metallic overlays in a couple colors. You could do a white base and a gold metallic finisher to get a really different look.
I'm going to repost this post in general...it's not really provari specific and others may like it.
Before:
After:
Any idiot can spraypaint, right? Why post that I trashed a two week old chrome provari with black spraypaint?
Because...it's not spraypaint:
That's the flashlight I used to test with. It's plastidip spray. Comes in a few colors and it's as easy as spraypaint but will remove when you want. I still have to find my exacto knife to remove it from the screen, but I only did two coats as a test and I can see the screen through it a little.
Nothing Earth shattering, but I thought I would share. Gives it a little grip too. We will see how it hold up. They also have glossy and metallic overlays in a couple colors. You could do a white base and a gold metallic finisher to get a really different look.
I'm going to repost this post in general...it's not really provari specific and others may like it.
There are people in the car-world who are Plasti-dipping entire cars with those spray cans. Unfortunately, it wears off from hand-held devices unless some bonding agent is applied prior to the Plasti-dip. I tried a few coats on my VmodXL, and the edges started to peel away after a coupla days' use.
That's where I got my idea. I am doing my wheels with it. I was hoping it would hold up...but your experience means I might have been wrong
This will be a disappointment for anyone who wanted to see something like gold plating...this is very, very simple.
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I think it is Kinda Cool Looking.
There is another thread where people are putting Handle Bar Grips on their Provari's. I mentioned in that one that I was thinking about Trying Heat Shrink Tubing to see how it works.
Just haven't gotten around to it yet. It's been Too Hot Outside to do much of Anything.
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