Chrome is a plating not a trim type. If you have a lightweight moulding with a clear coating on it it is aluminum. Stainless steel mouldings are not clear coated. The only chrome plating you will find on a car is a steel bumper, plastic, or pot metal such as a door handle
You can use just lye and water mixed up as a soak. Supposedly it's cheaper. Also, I've heard that easy off only removes the dye coloring but not the anodizing layer? So it can't truly be polished... it's what I heard i hope it can be polished cus I need to for my AR
Chrome is a plating not a trim type. If you have a lightweight moulding with a clear coating on it it is aluminum. Stainless steel mouldings are not clear coated. The only chrome plating you will find on a car is a steel bumper, plastic, or pot metal such as a door handle
Through trial, error, & discovery I've ended up at the near same solution as you! It's great to get a bit of affirmation that this IS what works
Would be nice if you showed the finished product🤔
You can use just lye and water mixed up as a soak. Supposedly it's cheaper. Also, I've heard that easy off only removes the dye coloring but not the anodizing layer? So it can't truly be polished... it's what I heard i hope it can be polished cus I need to for my AR
yea it removes it then you just need to sand lightly and polish.
Uff! Fingers crossed. Thanks for this I'm definitely going to give this a go
Hi Mike, Just found this video of your "Process" Thanx
I read that you can also submerge the part in caustic soda
I will need to try that
@@Mikefngarage Yes, but it actuallly eats the alumium. You can fully disolve aluminium in caustic soda.
Thanks for tips
Im here cause im doing the trim on my nova. Haha. 👍👍
How do I find the follow up video to this? It's so old I can't locate
its the Lye or other wise known as sodium hydroxide in the oven cleaner
so the original "chrome" are made from chrome or aluminum?
original chrome aluminum
NO Before and After ?????????
Is this the same process for aluminum
yes that is what I am removing anodizing on aluminum. Polished one and it looks great.
Still got a grand in my pocket for you buddy
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