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Removing gold plating from brass





I am interested in the cleanest, safest way to remove gold plating from some electronic pins. I'm, not interested in re-claiming the gold, but rather rather to remove it from some pins. I need to pins to be either "silver" in color, or paintable and simply want to rid the gold. I also want to do it in a way that won't harm (deeply etch) the base metal. I believe it is brass.

Thanks in advance!

Kenneth Jay Morgan
Manufacturer - Portland, Oregon, USA
2004


Hello,

I am not 100 on this but if its electronic plated O'm PRETTY sure that it's copper not brass.

Peter Couture
- Freeport, Maine
2004


NITRIC ACID TO REMOVE EVERY THING BUT THE GOLD OR MURIATIC TO REMOVE THE GOLD.

RICHARD BOTCHER
TRCH - SELMA, OREGON
2005




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