Removing Chrome - AGAIN

Keith, Easy Off Oven cleaner works for me. Mike

-- If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.

That sounds interesting Mike, is it available in the UK do you know ?

Keith

Sent my missus off to get some once and she couldn`t find Easy Off so she bought some other brand from Tesco`s and that worked fine so I guess any spray type will do. Just pop the item in a container with a lid and leave for a while. Oh, and rinse well and wear gloves.

Customers of mine have had success in removing paint with Mr. Muscle oven cleaner. Spray it on - put it into a dustbin liner and leave for

24 hours. Wash and then, if necessary, repeat. This should work for chrome as well, I think. In any case, it won't harm the model.

Hope this helps

Aren't you in the UK? Look for a product called 'Modelstrip'.

Keith Lanham vient de nous annoncer :

Hi Keith,

The better (and very cheap) chrome remover is not diluted bleach. You let dip sprues inside hanging about ten minutes and all the chrome disappears.

Chris

I use vinegar. Takes a little longer, but it works like a champ for me!

Vern

Keith Lanham wrote:

Many thanks to all who took the time to reply.

Keith

Yeah, I guess the brand "Easy Off " is states specific. Oh Yeah! Definitely wear the gloves, does a nasty number on your hands if you don't! Voice of experience....lol. Oops!!!! Mike

Easy Off contains Lye (sodium hydroxide). It attacks the metal but not styrene. It also softens the clear lacquer undercoat.

So, any product with lye will work. Like a drain clog remover fluid.

Model "chrome" is not really chromium (except for some recent chinese made models). It is a very thin layer of aluminum (aluminium) vacuum deposited on the clear coated plastic.

Lye violently attacks metals such as aluminum. If it was real chromium, lye would not remove it.

Peteski

The air which we are breathing over here seems to do the job, more effectively than I wish. Where does the "chrome" go which vanishes from models that just sit out for a while?

the same place your lap goes when you stand....duh! (g)

Hangs over my belt? (^_^)

you just gave away your age....brother.