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OK I know there's not as many old Hands in here as there used to be, but surely you guys must have the good oil on Removing chrome At home with out resorting to an Angle grinder ?.
Ta in Ad.
Cheers Brett

off what precisely? forks? if so then its hard chrome and a right bastard to get off and its best to get a pro to get it done.

Brett, I dont know if chrome has changed since I was on the tools (40 years ago) but the best bet was to take it to the local electroplater and he could remove it in his plating bath.

Regards
RonnieG

QuickaKwacka wrote:Brett, I dont know if chrome has changed since I was on the tools (40 years ago) but the best bet was to take it to the local electroplater and he could remove it in his plating bath.

Regards
RonnieG

...agree

having worked in a platers over the summer months as a spotty teenager...many moons ago
(had to earn beer money somehow)...the best advice I can give is go to a platers and get
them to strip it (as long as its not false plating on plastic )


cheers

Smitty

Thanks Gents, The 2 into 1 Trumpet on Rhett's 250 has been polished back to metal & a sneeze makes it rust up so .........
and
I've been "polishen'" mag wheel sets (Chrome Cragar 5 Spokes) & was thinking of bead blasting a around the outside rim on the stepped flat surface. This is where the water sits & bubbles the chrome. Then whacking some "2 pack" on them like a big ar$e rim sticker. I know of the hard platers in regards to forks & shocks but it's more about removing bubbled or thin chrome for asthetic purposes.
Cheers Nanna
Thanks in ad,

Get with the real world Ponti , Cragars FFS . They are probably 14s too .
Time to get some of those modern 20s and check out Gos.s post OMFG for some more tips on being more modern

Give them to Yamaha, going by the Virago they can't get chrome to stick to anything

Pontikat wrote:OK I know there's not as many old Hands in here as there used to be, but surely you guys must have the good oil on Removing chrome At home with out resorting to an Angle grinder ?.
Ta in Ad.
Cheers Brett

I've heard yermum can suck the chrome off a towball

Mick C wrote:...
I've heard yermum can suck the chrome off a towball

ooooh yeah..forgot about his Mum...

Mick C wrote:I've heard yermum can suck the chrome off a towball

JEBAZ LARZ, that floored me.

after she gets back from the bike show, I'll help her get her full plates out & set her to it.

hey Nanna

how is ya Mum...?
haven't seen her for a long time (thank gawd he sez)

"me Mum" says "Hi Yoda" & wants to know the next time you're coming to town.

So no one has any better solutions to my little drama ?.
Nanna