Unplating Chrome

[A100man]

Just curious if anyone has ever done this to get back to steel?

Perhaps the layers of copper and nickel might be a problem??

No immediate need but whenever I've tried to rescue a chromed item by painting over it, the residual chrome is a damned nuisance.
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[stinkwheel]

I think people often media blast it to give a textured surface before painting, also gets rid of any loose bits.
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[MCN]

Cooncil Salt always works for me.

As Stinkers suggested.

Never tried it or heard of it but reverse anodisation will work.

I worked for a hard chroming company.

Putting chrome on was their business but the reverse may be possible by swaping the current.


Car battery charger as a power supply I think. (Going from previous internetary.)
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[slowasyoulike]

When I got my CT90 (many years ago, in several boxes) the rear rack that came with it was about 50/50 chrome and surface rust. I had it blasted and powdered silver which came out looking quite good, certainly enough so that I never bothered spending £££ to import a shiny one from the US to replace it.

[WD Forte]

There are companies that will do it for a price,
apparently it involves nasties so not really a good/safe DIY project.
As long as its not forks, abrasion, prime and paint has worked for me
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