[RAMMAN4]

Is there anyway to remove the chrome from the interior door handles? I'de like to paint them black on my 73 crew cab, but I don't wanna sand it down as it will leave scuff marks from the sanding. Do ya'll know anything that will either remove the chrome or make it paintable?

 

[macario]

Check with a local chrome plating shop and see if they can remove that chome for you. I saw a large scale chrome plating business in Minnesota a couple of years ago and they have all kinds of vats of acid. I figure some of that must be set up to pull chrome off of a base metal.

Mac

Is there anyway to remove the chrome from the interior door handles? I'de like to paint them black on my 73 crew cab, but I don't wanna sand it down as it will leave scuff marks from the sanding. Do ya'll know anything that will either remove the chrome or make it paintable?

 

[RAMMAN4]

We don't have many chroming shops around here, but we do have custom bicycle shops that do chroming. I'll have to give them a hollar and see what they can do. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Guest]

I sandblasted a set of chrome wheels and used a zincromate primer and so far it is holding up just fine

 

[i1lusion]

I heard on the site before that airplane stripper that you can get at advance takes it off. Never tried it myself but someone posted about it.

 

[50ply]

take a wire wheel to it, you just need to make it rough for the primer to hold.

 

[RAMMAN4]

The whole point is that I don't wanna scratch it up too bad. I want it looking real smooth still when I paint it and not all scuffed up.

 

[Sam Simpson]

Well if you want it smooth then you should prime it then sand the primer smooth anyways. It takes chemicals to get the chrome off though. There is a chrome shop there in Corpus, not sure where but there is a guy there who gets aluminum motorcycle wheels dipped in chrome somewhere in corpus.

 

[50ply]

jsut sand it with 200 grit or a wire wheel, prime it then wet sand it with a 400 grit, prime again, then sand with 400 grit wet sand again, then paint, 2 coats, color sand with 2000 grit, then clear coat and you are finished

 

[RAMMAN4]

Well if you want it smooth then you should prime it then sand the primer smooth anyways. It takes chemicals to get the chrome off though. There is a chrome shop there in Corpus, not sure where but there is a guy there who gets aluminum motorcycle wheels dipped in chrome somewhere in corpus.

Why would someone chrome aluminum wheels Sam?

 

[Sam Simpson]

Why would someone chrome aluminum wheels Sam?

To make them shiney and give them protection. Polished aluminum wheels fade after time, and you have to hit them with the polishing clay to keep them shiney. Chromed aluminum never fades or rusts. That is why it is better then chromed steel or polished aluminum.

Those very expensive chromed wheels you see for cars, trucks, bikes, etc, those are chromed aluminum. Chrome steel are the cheap ones. Polished aluminum are more expensive then chromed steel, but not as expensive as the chromed aluminum.

The polished aluminum are the "budget" aluminum wheels you can buy for less then 100 bucks a wheel. Chromed aluminum wheels are like 300 a pop or more. For bikes, they are 600 to 800 bucks a pop.

The chrome also acts as a shell to help protect the aluminum, it is harder to ding and scratch a chromed aluminum wheel compared to just a polished aluminum wheel.