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Posted by Mark - IN. on June 13, 2007 at 15:22:56 from (64.12.116.14):
In Reply to: chrome emblems posted by 2x4 on June 13, 2007 at 14:30:00:
As far as stripping paint goes, years back I used this stuff that might"ve been called "Stripper" that looked like and had the consistency of Corn Huskers hand lotion, but it sure didn"t feel like Corn Huskers for long if you got it on you. Was a potent acid, and when putting it on painted surfaces, even baked on paint, you could literally watch it bubble off within seconds. On the skin...YOUCHHHHHHHHH!!! That was some wicked stuff, and probably banned by now. I worked at a machine shop decades ago that chromed its own punches and stuff, and don"t know much about it, other than electrically charging acid (I think) and nickle and...got me. I"m guessing that you might want to take it to some place that will chrome or re-chrome for you. They"ll more than likely strip it for you, and tell you whether or not the pitting has made it scrap or not, or can be fixed, or...
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