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if youre painting something with crackle black paint you get fantastic results if you just stick the fresh painted part in a hot oven about 100 deg c, crackles and dries in 10 mins but do it when the wifes out cause it stinks

When I last painted with the crinkle finish I set the freshly painted item beside a halogen heater for a 1/2 hour or so - came up with really good finish as well.

Also if you have some infra-red lamps, they work very well everytime for me, probably more because of the amount of times I have used the stuff.

whats the best one to use?

Make sure you set a timer, my Dad blew up the garage a few years back when he left a paint can on top of a Halogen heater. Blew the back doors apart, bent the metal front door, smashed most things in the garage and lifted the roof beams.

"whats the best one to use?"

I have had consistently good results with the VHT crackle paint & consistently bad results from the HYCOTE variety.

another vote for the VHT one here, Ive got good results by preheating the part, the heat lamp does sound like a good bet too, I'll have try that,

it does Pong though...

Crackle balcked another rocker cover yesterday, and it looked great, the person I sold it too was well chuffed with the final thing. VHT is the one to go for.

got some VHT, very pleased with the results, thanks.

Any advice for someone who bought a can of HYCOTE before this thread was started?

I just paint with the VHT stuff from Frost and leave it... crackles up fine without being in the oven etc

VHT from frost is what I use...

I've used a Hot air gun in the past which works well, but Ive also left it overnight with similar results...

I could do with painting my heater to smarten it up, looking somewhat tatty and letting down the rest of the interior. Where do I get the Car / Screen / Off decals or transfers from to replace them after repainting?

Hi,
just used the vht on the ears and it works great.
Does the front panel where the decals go get crackle finish as well ???

Yup does.

[quote="Hipwell"]Yup does.[/quote

Great stuff. Thanks for the speedy reply

I use a heat gun, its even quicker than the oven!
VHT is the best.