Its my daughters birthday in 2 weeks, and we have bought an old bike for her, as new was out of our budget this year. Some of the chromework is a bit rusty, but other than that its not too bad. Hubby reckons you can't paint over chrome, but I think that there must be something we can use to fix it up. Any hints?  Thanks in advance, for some quick responses, as we really only have this weekend to fix it up. (Angela Flanagan, Clondalkin)


It's time for our old friend "ESP" again!  Gawd, I wish I had shares in that stuff! Seriously, this is the thing to use before painting chrome, I actually asked this question of my local hardware store genius as I intend to renovate an old chrome dining suite by painting it matt black like the modern ones & he definitely said use ESP first..
I painted my old Superser gas space heater with gloss black engine enamel
(its heat resistant) and prepared the surface with ESP. It has stayed on for 5 years and no sign of peeling etc. I took the panels off and used the spray can enamel to get a good finish. Hope this helps.