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Matt,

Re-activate means to get the nickel ready for re-chroming, at least that is my take on it. Please note that the last post mentioned that if you put the club that now has only nickel on it in battery acid, in 50 seconds it will turn yellow and finally a green color. This is to let you know that the nickel is ready for plating and the chrome is gone. But you will have to make sure that the polish is to your liking and all the chrome is removed or it will appear as it is after chroming. I am not sure you are re-chroming this club or not? If you inspect it carefully under a magnifying glass you may be able to see if all the chrome is gone, there is a slight color difference in chrome and nickel. You will have to polish it to see the difference. I haven't had good luck removing chrome with the muriatic acid alone, but then I am trying to get down to the base metal. I like to use the muriatic acid with current, put the + on the item to de-plate and the - on a piece of stainless and feed it all the current you have available. The stainless will bubble like crazy and the plated item will eventually turn black and the chrome and nickel will come off easily in just a few minutes if you can supply several amps per sq inch of plating. I use 5 amps for small items like 2 or 3 nuts, or maybe 1 1/4-30 bolt.

Dave