The cadmium "process" was a bit of a joke really - although it looks somewhat presentable after some work. The Eastwood directions say to spray it all with Gold Cad first, which is pretty close to basic gold paint. When I did that, it was too gold for me - because when you look at Cad plated items they aren't purely gold. So I sanded it down and sprayed it Silver first. After the silver I sprayed the gold again, but only to just barely cover. Once the gold is dry (4+hrs) you mist the Red and Green cad paints here and there...you can try several different times and it'll never look like you think it should! Then for some reason there's an option to spray clear or not, but again, cad plated items are shiny. So I sprayed clear on - but the first time it wrinkled the cad paint. So after drying I sanded it down and did it all again. Did I have enough paint - oh ya, a can of Gold Cad would do 20 or more units and the Red and Green cads are good for a few hundred I'm sure - you only mist...now I have to either find other things I want to spray Red and Green see-though Cad paint, or offer the service to other restorers! I'll post some pics of the finished product soon.
