[Land-speed] Plating

[John Burk]

Dick
Soldering acid (sulfuric?) quickly dissolves chrome . I remember working in 
a body shop when they still used lead . The boss said "clean the dent with 
acid" . Right after I put some on the chrome bumper to see what happened the 
boss said "make sure not to get any on the chrome bumper".
John Burk



> 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