[Land-speed] Plating

[Askotto at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/2007 8:38:27 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
lsr_man at yahoo.com writes:

What I'm looking for, specifically, is:  Will muriatic acid, as  available 
from a hardware store, strip nickel and chrome plating from  steel.  I want to 
try bluing an old pistol that has a very bad chrome  job.  It's of no real 
value, it's just something I've always wanted to  try, but I've got to get the 
nickel and chrome (and rust) off this thing  before I can try bluing it.
 
DickJ



 
Hi DickJ
 
The platers reverse the DC voltage on the part they want to strip. The  
chrome migrates from the part back to the chrome anode. They do the "sam tang"  for 
the nickel and copper. They do this routinely when they rechrome a part, if  
they do it right..... They would just hang it with their parts they're  
stripping. They should pay you, they end up with the "precious metal". 
 
I don't think Muriatic Acid would touch it unless you dipped it for a few  
years! LOL If it did dissolve it, it would eat the piston up along with  
everything else.
 
Otto



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