My thoughts exactly.
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Might be thru. Somewhat pleased with the results ( far better than the plating ).
Results below. Still have plating under the wood which I may or may not tackle.
It seems to me to look much less messed with than before and less than if I tried to refinish all the metal.
Pretty good result, I'd say.
I think it looks great. I'd get it all off because knowing it's there would seriously bother me.
If the wood was better I would probably do that because like it or not it has and will always be obviously "messed with".
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That is my predicament. It bothers be as well. To be determined if it bothers me enough.
I restore motorcycles for a living so I deal with removing all kinds of plating. The only correct and sensible way to remove chrome or nickel is to send it to your favorite chrome shop(which if you have one your lucky because I think they all suck)and have them remove the plating. The reason is the plating has to be removed the reverse way it was applied, with electric current. They basically reverse the current and flow the plating back off. This way there is no abrasive destruction of your white metal. I don't think they would charge much either. Believe me, I like to do all things myself but there is a few that you just have to farm out to get them done right.