A Rant - Chrome Removal

[Kneale Brownson]

At 04:27 PM 08/01/2003 -0400, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:
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>I recently had the rear bumpers for my Mercedes replated at International
>Plating in Providence. Although the face surface work was superb, they also
>plated the brackets and bolts. They refused to remove the chrome and the
>woman I
>dealt with left me little choice except to punch her in the face, or leave. I
>took the sensible alternative. My problem now is locating a plater who can
>remove the chrome (the brackets are $100.00 a piece, if they can be
>found). Can
>anyone suggest another method of easily removing it? I spoke with an
>industrial
>chrome plater and found that they have nothing that will activate the
>nickel as
>it is not used in industrial plating. I am told that sand blasting would be a
>lengthy process. Any suggestions?


Rusty-colored paint with some sand thrown in to make it look rough?