[Shevalik]

Live2ride.........are you sure that the legs, trips and cam cover are chrome? They could be polished and then factory clearcoated. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference. If they are indeed chrome plated, and you wish just to strip the chrome, you can use muratic acid (get at any pool store or home supply center) and it will strip the chrome. I can't remember which # pickle it is, but caswells manual tells how to mix it up. It does not need electrolysis to strip the chrome. The only thing is that I would not immerse these parts in the solution. They are not true aluminum, but an aluminum based potmetal and you will dissolve them if left in too long. You would be best to use chemical gloves and wipe them down, or use a spray bottle to spray the muratic on. One the more tedious side, you could just polish the chrome off with a spiral buff and a black or brown compound. Sometimes I even can buff through chrome with a loose buff and white compound if left in one spot for to long. Once again, if they are chromed and you strip the chrome, you still have the underlying nickel and copper to strip off at this point. Back to square one here.

If it were brought to me to strip and then only polish....I would media blast down to base, then polish. The end result is polishing the parts either way. By media blasting the parts, you will just have to polish a little longer, but the time you would save by sandblasting instead of trying to chemically mix up a stripper, and figuring out a way to strip the plating without dissolving the part would more than make up for the extra time you will spend polishing.

On the flip side.....if it is only polished and clear coated, you can just use aircraft stripper or Heavy Duty Easy Off(I think) and then polish normally.

Shevalik