Chrome Erfurt Refin Project

clevy · 03-13-2007, 02:19 PM

Here is my first attempt at a refinish and documentation of the process. I've been playing with this one since last Christmas

http://www.curioandrelicarms.com/P08_Efrurt_chrome.htm

I was pleased with the results and will add grips and a magazine to complete the project. Then off the the range.

The research and help form the board was invaluable and actually gave me the idea to try it myself

Thanks for the help (especially Howard for the strawing info)

-Craig

thegundude · 03-13-2007, 03:02 PM

Nice work, Craig...

The wire wheel really did a number on the chrome, huh? I can't even tell anymore...

Nice.

clevy · 03-13-2007, 11:06 PM

Thanks Steve, the fine wire wheel and the Brownells nickel stripper did the job.

Alx · 03-14-2007, 05:28 AM

I had a chrome P08 stripped electrically by a local plating business. They charged 50 dollars and not one bit of buffing, carding, wire wheel, or abrasive of any sort was used. As a matter of fact, the gun had been plated without any buffing originally, and it came back from the plating place looking like a brand new gun. The chrome had completely protected the metal underneath. It was the most perfect Luger I have ever seen.
The plating was removed the same way it had been put on, by electrodes in a bath.
As I understand it, chrome will not stick to steel directly, and the steel must be first nickel plated, and then crome plated. I think the nickel alone would be better looking.

stefanosg · 03-14-2007, 05:46 AM

Thats a real fine job and something to be proud of. Good Work!

clevy · 03-14-2007, 01:34 PM

I read several internet posts about people who were not trying to but totally removed all the chrome/nickel from a gun or some other peice of metal.

I followed some of the suggestions and tried commercial drain cleaner, oven cleaner and some weak acids with limited success...and most are extremely corrosive.

-Craig

Alx · 03-14-2007, 07:33 PM

"Years ago at the gun range I shoot at some of the young kids that work there screwed up."

Did anyone else read this the same way I did (at first) ? :-o :-)

Years ago at the gun range, I shoot at some of the young kids that work there, screwed up.

Well, you know, not everyone of us has perfect grammar, so I tend to excuse mistakes like tenses anyway. I just thought this was a bit funny, mostly my mis-reading of the sentence.

03-13-2007, 02:19 PM	#1
clevy User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Chrome Erfurt Refin Project Here is my first attempt at a refinish and documentation of the process. I've been playing with this one since last Christmas http://www.curioandrelicarms.com/P08_Efrurt_chrome.htm I was pleased with the results and will add grips and a magazine to complete the project. Then off the the range. The research and help form the board was invaluable and actually gave me the idea to try it myself Thanks for the help (especially Howard for the strawing info) -Craig __________________ www.curioandrelicarms.com

03-13-2007, 03:02 PM	#2
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Nice work, Craig... The wire wheel really did a number on the chrome, huh? I can't even tell anymore... Nice. __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

03-13-2007, 11:06 PM	#3
clevy User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	RE: Chrome Erfurt Thanks Steve, the fine wire wheel and the Brownells nickel stripper did the job. __________________ www.curioandrelicarms.com

03-14-2007, 05:46 AM	#5
stefanosg User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East Central Florida Posts: 367 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	Thats a real fine job and something to be proud of. Good Work! __________________ "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

03-14-2007, 01:34 PM	#6
clevy User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I read several internet posts about people who were not trying to but totally removed all the chrome/nickel from a gun or some other peice of metal. I followed some of the suggestions and tried commercial drain cleaner, oven cleaner and some weak acids with limited success...and most are extremely corrosive. -Craig __________________ www.curioandrelicarms.com

03-14-2007, 05:28 AM	#4
Alx User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nashville, Tennessee area Posts: 263 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I had a chrome P08 stripped electrically by a local plating business. They charged 50 dollars and not one bit of buffing, carding, wire wheel, or abrasive of any sort was used. As a matter of fact, the gun had been plated without any buffing originally, and it came back from the plating place looking like a brand new gun. The chrome had completely protected the metal underneath. It was the most perfect Luger I have ever seen. The plating was removed the same way it had been put on, by electrodes in a bath. As I understand it, chrome will not stick to steel directly, and the steel must be first nickel plated, and then crome plated. I think the nickel alone would be better looking.

03-14-2007, 07:33 PM	#7
Alx User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nashville, Tennessee area Posts: 263 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	"Years ago at the gun range I shoot at some of the young kids that work there screwed up." Did anyone else read this the same way I did (at first) ? :-o :-) Years ago at the gun range, I shoot at some of the young kids that work there, screwed up. Well, you know, not everyone of us has perfect grammar, so I tend to excuse mistakes like tenses anyway. I just thought this was a bit funny, mostly my mis-reading of the sentence.