Chroming is an expensive industrial process that requires resources that are beyond most of our time, budgets and attention spans. But what if you could just spray a coat of chrome onto you favorite object? Now. You. Can.
Fantachrome, while not really chrome, is a spray-on, water-based paint that adds a layer of metal to your object of choice (car, house, children) and is said to look and feel just like chrome. While the process requires prep work like washing the object in distilled water and laying proper base coats, Fantachrome will work on almost any material, including wood, metal, plaster, glass, plastic, fiberglass, ceramic, cement, polystyrene, clay and stone. You can essentially chrome anything—like King Midas Fast and the Furious edition.
So if you could chrome anything, what would it be? I''d chrome my KitchenAid mixer and fridge. Then when some Sub-Zero owner came over I'd be like, "You have a Sub-Zero? Never heard of it. Ohh, that's right. Poor man's chrome! That's what I call it generally." [fantachrome via redferret]








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I've always thought chrome was pretty tacky, and a spray on version doesn't make it any better.
If I could have anything made of chrome, it would be a valid personal cheque for a few billion.
id chrome my swimming pool.
does it work on teeth?
Wow! That's difficult in a paint.
As a magician who makes his own props, I could have used this a thousand times.
Does it come in gold? That's the real question.
I always wanted to chrome my tuba, but apparently you can't chrome brass...??? They already do silver plating (or gold (coloured) lacquer), but I always thought chrome would be more fun. Then I could get some phat rims and hydraulics on my tuba case!
@halcyon100: Would you want to spray paint your mouth?
@awemaker:
Yes, it does.
I would chrome-paint all my chrome. To protect the chrome, see?
Just because someone has to say it,
I'd spray chrome some chrome rims. :)
I would chrome my gold Special Olympic medals.
Where was this product years ago when i was building model cars?! Every bottle of "chrome" paint came out looking silver. Now i want to build model cars again.
I think I'd like to crome an Oreo, then have it mounted on a trophy.
Then when people asked about it, I'd tell them I was the 2002 World Oreo Dunking Champion.
Think of all the chicks you could get with that story...
Oh noes- It is a multiple part paint that has to be applied with a special system. There go my delusions of a spray can.
@Bender: You are quite possibly the greatest person ever.
@Bender
Thats not all the ladies would like you go get chromed....
Not to mention the instant 40 car collision when direct sunlight hits this car.
am i the only one that finds it ironic that this entire car is covered in chrome EXCEPT the rims?
In the spirit of the Masta Ace song 'Sittin' on Chrome', i'd spray my buttcheeks
@r.p.goodfellow
Goldmember!
@awemaker
Check out the paint products at [www.alsacorp.com] . Particularly the "Killer Cans," "Mystic," and "Xposures" varieties. Some fantastic stuff.
Michael <- A fellow magi
->i think i'd chrome Hef's girlfriends from the show Girls Next Door. That way they could be shiny and DUMB as a rock.
I'd do my collection of Wizard of Oz memorabilia.
There's no plate like chrome.
There's no plate like chrome.
There's no plate...
I would chrome my trailer home! Imagine, people from southern states would flock to pay homage to the ultimate symbol of white trashdom...SWEET!
Wonder if I could use it on my mule?
nothing new guys. 50 cent has a chrome'd out lamborghini murcielago
@UPMan:
You, sir, just won the internet.
Please wait at your local DMV for your prize.
Not nearly as good as the "silver" Audi A8.
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Anybody who chromes their car should have it impounded for eternity. I'd prefer not to crash into things due to the sun reflection.
If this works as good as it sounds, model cars would be about the only use I would have for this (as someone mentioned already).
@xiLLeNtz: What a perfectly good way to ruin a beautiful vehicle.
I would harass my room mate, chrome everything on his desk.
It would also be great for my bender costume.
"In the future, everything will be chrome plated"
Spongebob Squarepants
This stuff would make for some AMAZING drunk shaming
I would chrome my penis. Then I'd start referring to it as "The Silver Surfer".
Someone should make a new YouTube series..."Does it Chrome?"
We've used it and it does a pretty good job, though the underlaying surface has to be perfectly smooth.
It's also expensive (compared to regular paint) and you have to spray a lot of it on to work.
hehe, that's cool! Now, if I pee on the object before the fantachrome dries, does it turn into gold? :)
i need some chrome hair dye
I'd chrome a violin, pour gasoline all over it, light it, and start playing it.
Then, I'd be fiddling while . . . . nah, stupid pun.
@ MichaelS
Wow! Thanks for the tip. I owe you!
I would have my life chromed including my nipples. And a marijuana leaf.
Halle Berry.
I would chrome my delorean
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