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How do I strip chrome from alloy?????
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:33 pm
by newman
Picked up a Speco finned alloy cover last week, at some time in it's life someone had it chromed. The chrome is bubbly and peeling in a few areas and really makes the cover look terrible, I want to polish the alloy to restore it but what do I do to get rid of the chrome plating without damaging the alloy??
Chrome from Alloy
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:13 pm
by Wag62
Hey Newman,
The easiest way is Alkaline Electro stripping but finding someone to do it will be a problem.
The way I have done it is buy a small bag of Soda Ash, mix with water at a 30% solution then leave your peice submerged for about 3 hours.
The mixture will be of high pH (Alkaline) if the chrome is starting to peel off it shouldn't take too much to lift the rest.
If the 30% solution is doing nothing after 3 hours add more soda ash to 50% and leave over night it will not pit the alloy but wash well with fresh water after finish.
Wag62
Mick
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:47 pm
by stinky
find a plater that does alloy, if they can chrome it, they generally can remove it.