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Chrome Stripping

I have been told that an arc welder can be used in place of a rectifier for stripping chrome in a bath of sulfuric acid. I have a welder that runs at about 30 volts 200 amps Would this do the job? And what size bath and acid concentration should I use ?

Jeremy Wooster
metal polishing - Cairns, Queensland, Australia
2001

Are you trying to strip off only the chrome, or do you want to strip off all plating of a copper-nickel-chrome plate?

Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania
2001

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