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How much or how strong sodium hydroxide

2006

I need to remove the chrome plating from my aluminum trim, I have been told to use sodium hydroxide, I live in the UK and things like oven cleaner [on eBay or Amazon] I have already used but I don't think they are the same as the ones you use in the US.
So can any one tell me how much I need to remove chrome plating from my trim without hurting it,
many thanks,

Paul Lechmere
- Essex, England

No! Sodium hydroxide is not the right thing to use; it will ruin the aluminum. Please send your components to a plating shop -- they will know what finish they are looking at, what the substrate is, and how to do what you want.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2007

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