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Dechroming Aluminum





Nothing seems to work. I have tried the methods I read on this site and many other sites like this one.I am restoring a 1945 H.D. The aluminum motor parts must stripped for proper restoration.

Thank You,

Patrick McCauley
hobbyist - Bear, DE, U.S.A.
2007



2007

Many plating shops would be able to do this for you, Patrick. There will be nickel plating under the chrome, and copper plating under the nickel. I am surprised that these parts are aluminum though; I would have suspected zinc in 1945.

Unforunately, we have found that when a reader says "I've tried everything and nothing works", without saying what they tried, it almost guarantees that no reader will respond because odds are 10:1 that their effort will be dismissed with "I already tried that and, like I said, it didn't work" :-(

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


I have been doing stripping and replating on all types of old h-d's for over thirty tears. Maybe I can help. regards,Frank

Frank DeGuire
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2007




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