I have read that you can use ‘baking soda and water’ to remove the chrome plating from plastic parts. I am currently building a Tamiya Kawasaki ZZR1400 and I don’t like the look of the exhausts. I want to repaint them with Alcad Chrome and I need to remove the chrome plate.
Be very grateful for any advice.
Allan
Household laundry bleach diluted 50/50 with water will work. A can of Coca Cola will also work as well.
coke takes chrome off? wtf is it doing to ur stomach?
alternatively, why are you wasting good coke on removing chrome?
One alternative to alclading is to spray chrome parts with Dullcoat. It makes it look like aluminum.
In all seriousness… I just prime OVER the chromed part and everything is dandy
I also do this. I may touch up any flash first. I use Krylon primer- it has enough tooth to stick well to the chrome. Then sand with very fine sandpaper (600 or 1000), then the gloss black, then Alclad.
Allan, I must agree with both Don and Smeagol as I have also used both techniques in the past with great results. One or two coats of Dullcote over the kit plating gives a nice dull aluminum finish. I have also used Dupli-Color gray primer right over the chrome and then finished the part with the desired color back in my 1:24 scale Nascar building days. Another recent addition to the metallic finish choices are the Testor’s Model Master Metalizer spray can lacquers available at many hobby shops. These finishes can be buffed to a nice realistic finish that can then be sealed with Model Master sealer. They are available in a range of metallic colors from Aluminum Plate, Stainless Steel to Titanium. Just my two cents worth. Good luck on the project and Cheers. Glen (aka Bearsgang).