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
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