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I have unsuccessfully ended my search for chrome paint that's not spray paint.  The clerk at the beauty supply store knew just what I was talking about when I said "mirror-finish chrome nail polish", it was a special polish OPI put out last year.  They didn't have any in the store, but I found it on Amazon; however, it's a two coat polish - a base, then the chrome.  I already have that, though it's a decade old, from Avon.  If you aren't spot on smooth and even with the base coat the chrome coat doesn't look good.  I knew I wasn't going to be able to paint the faucets with it, there are too many nooks and crannies, so to speak.

What I ended up buying, at the hobby shop, is aluminum paint, by Testors.  I painted the ends of the range hood with it in the kitchen.  It doesn't look metallic, but the color is spot on.  I also painted a strip of 1/16" quarter round to glue in where the top of the hood meets the cabinets, because light shone through the tiny gap when I turned the hood on.

I didn't think I was going to find better, so I taped off and painted the bathroom faucets.  Once the paint was dry I gave them two coats of clear nail polish, to reflect light.  They're still not the finish I want, but they look much better.

Then Husband says to me "I have a can of chrome spray paint in the garage, I wonder if you could spray some in a cup, then paint it on with a brush".  Sigh.  Men and timing.    You know I'm going to have to play with that idea, though not with these faucets, with clear nail polish glopped all over them they're not smooth enough now, I'm sure.

Ester was under my feet pestering me while I was trying to work so I stuck a piece of painters tape half on-half off the bottom support of my cart.  It kept her busy for a good 15 minutes.  I offered to snuggle when I was done painting, but by then the slayed tape had her all riled up so we play-swatted at each other for a few minutes instead.