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Chromed Alloy

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701arvn:
A previous owner has had the rear hub and shoe holder chromed, it's pretty nasty in my opinion.

Does anyone have any thoughts or experience of removing the chrome. Presumably a plater would be able to strip it, but I was looking for an easy way of doing it myself.

The wheel currently has a 17 inch rim so will have to be rebuilt at some point in any case.

Andy

Bryanj:
probably easier and cheaper to get another wheel complete mate

matthewmosse:
Ride it over a winter as chromed alloy peels off really quick once salt water gets under it. Had a chromed cover on my master cylinder once. Didn't stay chromed long after a winters use.

ST1100:
Doesn't proper chroming first require multiple steps of galvanic copper coating, polishing, coating, etc... before getting the actual chrome layer/s on?

701arvn:
There is a small spot of oxidisation on the shoe carrier but I can't see any copper underneath.

Bryan you are no doubt right about the cost, but rear wheels don't seem to come up very often, so I may have to reuse this one.

I was hoping worst case would be some sort of blasting.

Maybe I'll flick road grit at it and leave it out over winter.

Andy

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