removeing crome

[welafong1]

hi
does any one know how to remove chrome from steel rods?
thank you
Richard Westerfield

[Bill of the 45th]

Take it to a chrome shop, they can reverse the plating.

Bill

[Stormrider51]

Yep, real old time chrome plating requires a reverse process where the chrome is removed molecule by molecule.  Modern "ecologically safe" plating is a different story.  A plating shop should be able to tell you which one you have.

Storm

[welafong1]

thank you all
richard Westerfield

[keweenaw]

Richard,

It depends on whether it really is chrome.  Lots of bright metal plating is with elements other than chromium.  Some can be simply removed with hydrochloric acid, others like nickle require different chemicals.  Chromium is most easily removed electrochemically as prior posts suggest.

Tom

[blunderbuss]

Iknew a fellow once that had a flint pistol with a chrome barrel .I teased him about it so long that he finally told me to antique it for him .I must have draw filed that thing 10 times before all the chrome was off. then browned it  I sanded the poly what ever off the stock and got it looking pretty good . When I handed it back to him he ask if I peed on the barrel to get it to look like that? No I said I peed on the stock.

[Daryl]