68/9 cuda dash resto ???'s

Ok, here is an update on what I did, I also posted this in cosgig's thread.
Well, take 2 on the "chrome" for me. Im almost embarassed to post pics after seeing Ranis progress/success.....maybe I shoulda stayed a wallflower at this dance!

Anyway, my inital chrome sucked, black turned out good, so I wet-sanded the chrome, taped off the black with help from my new little toy, a bench top magnifier. Thanks to pointers from this thread and from my other dash resto thread, I tried a few little "tricks".

I put the "chrome" spray bomb in water that I boiled. I also took a blowdryer to the bezel before spraying to warm it up a bit. I sprayed a little closer to the bezel. My 1st attempt I was too far away and it was "powdery". After each coat I took the blowdryer to the paint, keeping about 8-10" away, I was trying to get the chrome to "flatten" out to be more reflective. Here are some before/after pics, I will wait a day to do the touchups. With the magnifying tool, a toothpick and q-tip were also helpful in getting the tape to lay down flat.