I have seen the silver nitrate products - you can buy the solution on its own relatively cheaply. I was looking at one the other day which is activated by a flame and goes from clear to chrome-effect. They look good on a nice smooth substrate, but when the anodising fails on the D2 parts they go like sandpaper. The silver nitrate coatings would just make shiny sandpaper in that case. You'd have to chemically remove the remaining anodising to bare aluminium, then sand and polish it to a perfect smooth finish (same as you do for actual chrome), at which point the silver nitrate is moot anyway since you could just polish the aluminium. The silver nitrate needs lacquering over the top to protect it as well so another extra step.
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I suspect you’d need to do a full set of trim or there’d be noticeable variation in finish
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Indeed so. The amount of time this would take currently makes it cost prohibitive - it would be several thousand in labour just on brightwork. I can't see that being viable at the moment tbh.
I am planning on doing a full set in gloss black for my S8, which is going to be fairly labour-intensive, although doesn't require the full polish that silver nitrate would. It's probably going to be blasted and powder-coated. I'll report back on how long that all takes.