That's what I was afraid of when painting mine so I waited until it was good and dry (a couple days) then I painted the silver last. If you know what silver paint was used to paint the details on your bezel, just paint something else with it, wait till it's good and dry and then spray the Eastwood Bare metal clear over that and see what happens. If nothing happens, then I would spray the whole thing. Testing the clear over that silver first would be the key. Oh yeah, one more thing, the low gloss black areas on my bezel are Original Paint. I used 3M Blue tape and taped those areas off before clear coating the entire bezel. I did not tape off the Wiper/Washer, Headlight or Red brake warning lenses. The clear coat had no effect on them.