new to me Luger-it needs help!!

sheepherder · 04-04-2009, 11:55 AM

I'm no expert, but you didn't say whether it was hard (industrial) chrome or decorative chrome. Dec chrome is a 3-step process (copper, nickle, chromium) whereas hard chrome is chromium only (different alloy from dec chromium).

I've had dec chrome removed by a professional plater; the three metals take different acidic solutions to remove the different metals. Hard chrome can be a real bitch to remove, without damaging/removing the parent metal.

Don't ask me how I know.

04-04-2009, 11:55 AM	#27
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I'm no expert, but you didn't say whether it was hard (industrial) chrome or decorative chrome. Dec chrome is a 3-step process (copper, nickle, chromium) whereas hard chrome is chromium only (different alloy from dec chromium). I've had dec chrome removed by a professional plater; the three metals take different acidic solutions to remove the different metals. Hard chrome can be a real bitch to remove, without damaging/removing the parent metal. Don't ask me how I know.