Re: Chrome and Nickel Removal Question (long)
Okay, chrome can't be plated over, which makes real good sense.
I don't want to use hydrochloric acid as all the parts have exposed steel in patches and I don't want to harm the original steel. The steel is not stainless. This is definitely a plating that looks like chrome. I thought that maybe my bath was not working so I use it on a small chrome plated button. Took the chrome off in minutes. So the bath is still working.
I tried reverse plating a small gun part a few days ago and it still didn't work and I left it in the bath for about an hour. No change. I tried the Nickel stripper on it for 30 minutes and nothing.
Okay. Are there metals other than chrome and nickel that someone may have tried in plating an old gun? Maybe it's something else.
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