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Stripping chrome at Home (and nickel) NON PC .. not for Snowflakes

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Matt_Harrington:
Interesting - I have a couple of old Triumph parts that I want to strip and repair, so may give this technique a go later on int the spring. Thanks for the post.

kevski:
Some of your info in the first post in this thread is not at all accurate, but on the whole you done a fair job, p.s nickel is under the copper, saves the use of cyanide base copper strike, though for many years now they have been using alkaline copper strike in a heck of a lot of plating shops.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: kevski on February 15, 2023, 03:50:33 PM ---Some of your info in the first post in this thread is not at all accurate, but on the whole you done a fair job, p.s nickel is under the copper, saves the use of cyanide base copper strike, though for many years now they have been using alkaline copper strike in a heck of a lot of plating shops.

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So please correct me then on the inaccuracies Kev !  The company in the linked video still use cyanide copper strike then acid copper...but I did know about the nickel strike before copper as that's what the DIY copper plating kits use. I think I got the acid concentration wrong though, as it should be 70% strength not 50% but it seemed to work reasonably well at 50%. Gonna try 70% strength sulphuric next though with 2% glycerine like the company in the video clip uses.

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