Re: Nickle Chrome prep

You are right, electroless nickel does go on in one layer.
However, I think you need to strip them down to bare steel for the nickel to
work right. The chrome can be stripped at home or at a plating shop. The
cost of the chemicals and equipment to strip and replate with nickel in a
home shop probably exceeds the cost of just letting a chrome shop replate
them. If you decide to try it at home, Brownells(www.brownells.com) sells
all the stuff you need to strip and replate them.

Randy

"Karl Townsend" <karltownsend.NOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx remove .NOT> wrote in
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Could be done, but probably more trouble than it's worth. You must
strip the chrome, which will also probably remove any rust. Then you
must neutralize, rinse, and polish if you want a mirror finish. Then
clean again and plate with copper, then nickle-plate.

Maybe I'm oversimplifying. I thought the electroless nickel went on as the
only layer. Not after shiny here, just rust prevention. The SO wants to
just paint them. I'm afraid the paint will just come right off as product
is slid in/out.

Any other suggestions?

Karl




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