How to strip paint from chrome bumpers?

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

muriatic acid strips chrome

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

muriatic acid strips chrome

If you leave it on the bumper long enough, not only will the chrome come off it will dissolve the metal too... LOL... He just wanted to "uncover" whatever was beneath the paint that was put on his bumpers, which is presumably chrome, so putting muratic acid on it would likely strip it to bare metal, the aircraft remover won't strip the chrome, but it may discolor it or something so he should wash it off immeadiatly after stripping the paint off of it.

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

On my jet boat, it had some little alluminum dealies that were anodized purple, and I thought it would look better as natural alluminum, and being that anodizing is like the second hardest surface known to man or something like that, I was really suprized to find out that easy off oven cleaner quite easily removes anodizing from alluminum... worked great.. LOL... just thought I'd mention that...

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I'd use Silane. Makes a great mouth rinse too.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

If you leave it on the bumper long enough, not only will the chrome come off it will dissolve the metal too... LOL... He just wanted to "uncover" whatever was beneath the paint that was put on his bumpers, which is presumably chrome, so putting muratic acid on it would likely strip it to bare metal, the aircraft remover won't strip the chrome, but it may discolor it or something so he should wash it off immeadiatly after stripping the paint off of it.

won't dissolve stainless steel, it cleans it

I use it every day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[RetroAudioinc 5,000+ posts]

On my jet boat, it had some little alluminum dealies that were anodized purple, and I thought it would look better as natural alluminum, and being that anodizing is like the second hardest surface known to man or something like that, I was really suprized to find out that easy off oven cleaner quite easily removes anodizing from alluminum... worked great.. LOL... just thought I'd mention that...

Only thing I saw was "On my jet boat"... LoL

 

[RetroAudioinc 5,000+ posts]

Oven cleaner might work, I know it removes powder coat on motorcycle frames to help make it easier to polish it. But still a lot of work...

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

bring it to a place that does paint removing from wood and stuff. Like 3 minutes in a tank of stuff will remove all traces of paint.

Or fill in the defects with filler, then repaint it to match the car for now till you get it redone proper.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Paint stripper works, you just gotta let it sit for few minutes. You can also use 0000 steel wool and little bit of thinner.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

brillo pad/water then chrome polish

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if you go the aircraft remover route, better be EXTRA careful. Thats some nasty shit. But it works! Dont get it in the same driveway of something that has paint you want to keep though!

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

Don't use a brillo pad. It'll put scratches in the chrome. Use 0000 steel wool (which is a brillo pad without the soap). It is the least abrasive one.

 

[cobra65427289 10+ year member]

Concentrated sulfuric acid should do the trick.