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Title: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: JacksonRR on February 01, 2011, 04:24:39 PM

How would one go about completely removing plating from a hardened steel bridge? Say I wanted to do a real F'd up industrial look on one, how would you go about removing either chrome or black without removing metal as well? I don't mind working with acids or doing reverse electrolysis, but I just wanna see what has worked best for others or pitfalls to watch out for. Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: Afghan Dave on February 01, 2011, 04:40:25 PM

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/custom-shop/31407-aging-metal-hardware.html

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: JacksonRR on February 01, 2011, 05:04:29 PM

 :o Thanks Afghan, I'll keep that in mind while I keep looking. Guess who has two big fat gallons of muriatic acid left over from cleaning his concrete driveway?

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: JacksonRR on February 01, 2011, 09:21:23 PM

Well I tried two acids Phosphoric and Muriatic(Hydrochloric). Phosphoric was like trying to remove it with wet sock. Muriatic fizzed, bubbled, gave off stinky fumes AND TOTALLY FECKIN NAILED IT. For black hardware, it just dripped off leaving a very clean metal surface. I used a swap though and it only took a few secs of rubbing after a few secs of letting a thin swipe off it sit. I'd be careful though, I was getting the sense that it could eat the metal very fast so it was the kinda thing where I'd rinse in water before I was sure it was done. Thanks Afghan Dave.

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: Afghan Dave on February 01, 2011, 09:27:51 PM

My pleasure!  PDT_003

See everybody, I'm more than just filth... I can be useful around here sometimes  PDT_031 PDT_012

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: JacksonRR on February 01, 2011, 10:31:12 PM

Alright, Dave. I got another problem. :lol:

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF4jW8ufDwz-6dCpTMcyq15uZvZZYkey5H5gBnUeL-GnUjbqiv)

Weird thing, it doesn't hurt at all.

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: ToneMonkey on February 01, 2011, 10:51:49 PM

Quote from: Afghan Dave on February 01, 2011, 09:27:51 PM

My pleasure!  PDT_003

See everybody, I'm more than just filth... I can be useful around here sometimes  PDT_031 PDT_012

Is it the way you get rid of the dead bodies Dave.

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: Afghan Dave on February 02, 2011, 01:04:09 AM

Quote from: ToneMonkey on February 01, 2011, 10:51:49 PM

Quote from: Afghan Dave on February 01, 2011, 09:27:51 PM

My pleasure!  PDT_003

See everybody, I'm more than just filth... I can be useful around here sometimes  PDT_031 PDT_012

Is it the way you get rid of the dead bodies Dave.

You can only dance with a corpse in the moonlight for so long then it's a bathtub of acid and some relic parts hitting ebay to pay for the next batch of Rohypnol... :?

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 05, 2011, 02:08:30 PM

It's a bit like the rhyme that used to go around in school chemistry labs:

Poor JacksonRR is dead and gone
His face you'll see no more
For what he thought was H₂O
Was H₂SO₄

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: ericsabbath on February 06, 2011, 06:27:38 PM

I think he was axe murdered by his own 5150

Title: Re: Removing metal plating from hardware
Post by: JacksonRR on February 06, 2011, 06:45:15 PM

 :D Use plastic bins or something man. Hydrochloric eats porcelain and metal bathtubs. Eric, my 5150 is actually very evil right now.