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