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Swivel:
Hi. I've just called a place local to me and they want to charge £47 to strip my TA frame/forks. I thought that maybe a little toppy on price but they are around the corner so very handy. Anyway, they said that they would dunk the bike in Sulfuric Acid and this they said could potentially stay in the tubing if there is not a small outlet hole in each tube. I said, what about if the tubes are sealed and he said that doesn't matter, the acid can at times find its way in ??  ???

Anyone else heard this? I thought this maybe bollox but who knows. He did say that maybe sand blasting is the way to go as its less harmful to the metal. Has anyone removed chrome via sand blasting and what's the final effect like?

I'm gonna get this painted white by Dan once its done so want the final finish to be the best possible.

Let me know...

Ta,

Matt  :daumenhoch:

theRuler:
you can powder coat over chrome

just make sure any rough bits are flattened

Haro82:

There was a thread on Vintage once where someone had had a National Pro,I think,  rechromed.  At first it looked mint but after a while the whole downtube just corroded away because they had left the stuff they used to strip it in the tubing. The bloke was absolutely gutted as you could imagine as the chrome wasn't that bad to start with he just wanted it better  :crazy2:

So I don't think he is talking bollox but you would have to be pretty unlucky as that's the only one I have heard off, but if you are getting in powdered I wouldn't bother as theruler said you can powder over it as long as the rough bits aren't too bad.

Andy.               

mark 2:
Hiya Matt, I powdered over untouched chrome recently and there was like little holes in the powder where it had heated up and made bubbles that had then burst. So I had to start again, had the powder chemically removed to take it back to the chrome then had it lightly blasted for £20 but tbh a good wet n dry session would have done the same. Came back mint after that. So just key the surface and try and flat out any blistered and pitted chrome. It's very likely you'll end up with a smoother finish to work with less imperfections than taking it back to raw metal. And if it sits around the powder place for any length of time raw it'll oxidize and your smooth finish will be shit again.

Gary72:
Ask Dan, maybe show him the frame

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