I've used sandblasting to rough up the surface of the chrome for painting. It is probably better to use a commercial sandblaster for this as those for home use are quite slow.

Its better yet to strip the chrome off.

It sands down pretty easy with a grinder mate that's how I did mine then primed and hy-filled .cone out sweet

I have been told that sanding the chrome down to a dull finish, etch priming and then painting is a good method to go. About to try it myself actually, I've got a spare chrome bumper which I want to replace my tattered bent old one and want it to be the same/similar dull grey like the standard 1200 ute bumper.

Hey datrotor will the chrome come of with a sander or is it to hard as in density,ill hit it with coarse paper then finer paper.

Best to get it to bare metal and start fresh

Any finished surface should be cleaned and sanded before painting. Less than perfectly clean chrome will eventually shed the paint.

Hi guys what needs to be done to paint chrome?does it need sanding to dull it down abit so that the paint adheres to it?