Removing Chrome Plating

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I took a chromed Luger apart and carried the pieces to a plating shop. They specialize in replating door hardware, etc. I put the frame and large pieces in one bag, the next largest pieces in another bag, the smallest pieces in a separate bag, total of four bags of parts. The mag release spring had not been plated, nor the sear spring, ejector and hold-open spring, so I kept them out.
I very adamantly insisted that the shop would NOT use any abrasives or buffing, nor polishing of the parts. For 50 dollars they electro-stripped the chrome completely off, and VOILA' when I received the parts back, they were perfect, the best looking metal I had ever seen from a gun. It looked like the metal was new, never had any finish at all, and no buffing or grinding had been done even for the chrome plating job.
I was very impressed with the process, 'seems it just removed the chrome and nickel, but left the steel entirely intact and undisturbed.