[Land-speed] Plating No LSR (sorta)

[neil at dbelltech.com]

Dick;

Research the value of that "old pistol" before you do anything to it. If it
is a collector's item the value will be severely degraded if you do anything
at all to it. Originality is highly prized. Don't do like a woman did to an
old Colt cap & ball revolver-- cleaned it up with steel wool and lost
$$$$$$$$.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ



-----Original Message-----
From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Doug Anderson
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:48 PM
To: lsr_man at yahoo.com; land-speed at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Plating No LSR (sorta)

       I don't think so Dick.  Muraitic will eat rust.  Not plating.

                    -correct me if I'm wrong Bobby....

      you'll have to have the thing 'reverse plated'  to get it off

      BTW:  I don't think ANY guns were ever  'chrome'  plated...  just 
nickled

                                    ( copper plated first then nickled )

      BTW II:  GOOD bluing is boiled.  Not applied out of a bottle....  ;-)

     -you could however, try 'browning' it ...  it would look 'old' and 
patina'ed'    ;- )

             yer ol' pal,  -Doug  -who usta onct uponatime  was a gun -MAKER

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bject: Re: [Land-speed] Plating
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:38:05 -0700 (PDT)

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