Nickel Plating removal Help!

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Saw a guy last week end toting a fully pimped (chrome plated) AR-15 pistol. Ugliest gun I have ever seen. I did not make me sad like seeing a WWII Luger bring back given the pimp dip. Or my Nazi Red Cross Hewer that someone put the Bowie point on the end of.
Different days I suppose.

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[browningautorifle]

without worrying about destroying them completely or ruining small marks. In some instances the markings became even more clear now that I think about it.

What we found too, the small details are enhanced after all the crap is beaded out of them, nice and clear after.

I wonder, can one plate over bluing

I think you'd end up with what you see, flaking and a lack of adhesion.

my Nazi Red Cross Hewer that someone put the Bowie point on the end of.

Guess he wanted to make a "Proper" fighting knife out of it...

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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.

[browningautorifle]

It seems to me to look much less messed with than before and less than if I tried to refinish all the metal.

Well, if you did that it would look new because you'd glass bead and hand polish and blue. Then it would look like a new made yesterday rifle.

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Well, if you did that it would look new because you'd glass bead and hand polish and blue. Then it would look like a new made yesterday rifle.

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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I think it looks great. I'd get it all off because knowing it's there would seriously bother me.

That is my predicament. It bothers be as well. To be determined if it bothers me enough.

[Flying10uk]

That is my predicament. It bothers be as well.

Leaving any remaining nickel plating on metalwork under the woodwork, where it can't be seen, will give excellent corrosion protection to the metalwork that is normally hidden by the woodwork.

[browningautorifle]

xcellent corrosion protection

Well yes, but we're not really going to be putting our stuff through what it already went through. Most of these get regular cleaning now compared to an Arisaka of WW2 time frame...