[fxstcguy98]

First you must understand that chrome plated parts are copper, nickel then chrome. You can strip the chrome off with 50/50 muratic acid (hydrocloric sold as concrete cleaner at home depot/lowes) and distilled water. Some people have luck using easy off in the yellow can or use Caswell chrome/anodize stripper. You should be able to plate right onto the nickel and be done with it. You will probably have to active the nickel before plating, you can activate with 15% to 20% sulfuric (battery acid) and water, buy buffing or by sandblasting. Sandblasting of course will leave a rough surface that must be buffed out first. Nickel will passivate in only a few minutes, so go from the activation, rinse with cool water (warm makes it passivate faster) and right into the copy chrome.