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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: pmk on April 09, 2013, 02:50 PM

Title: stem
Post by: pmk on April 09, 2013, 02:50 PM

i have an 80's hutch pro stem that the chrome is peeling off , i want to take it back to bare alloy and polish it , can anyone tell how best to get the flaky chrome off

Title: Re: stem
Post by: MartyC on April 09, 2013, 03:15 PM

Quote from: pmk on April 09, 2013, 02:50 PM

i have an 80's hutch pro stem that the chrome is peeling off , i want to take it back to bare alloy and polish it , can anyone tell how best to get the flaky chrome off

As it is Hutch it will peel off naturally over time ;)

Or you could take it to a chromers to have them reverse the chroming process to get it off.  I would avoid getting it media blasted as that may damage the alloy underneath.