Removing Chrome Plating

[SfanGoch]

The plating was pretty ratty and I was planning on removing it anyway.

[stavanzer]

  On 4/24/2025 at 4:49 PM, SfanGoch said:

I was attempting to clean the front bumper/grille from an SMP 1961 Chrysler Imperial using Dawn Platinum Powerwash Spray. Scrubbing with a toothbrush, I discovered that it would completely remove the chrome plating.

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But Did it remove the Lacquer undercoat?

[SfanGoch]

Yes, it did. I just stripped the rear bumper of an AMT '58 Plymouth down to its gray styrene. No lacquer undercoat left.

[Ulf]

After the owen cleaner, Tamiya lacquer thinner take the undercoat away over nigth. A Wood toothpick does the last whitout scratching the parts.

Edit: I have stripped old Monogram and new Round2 overnight and even a couple of nights without problems but you should probably test with a piece of the sprue to be sure. 

Happiness is taking parts out of the oven cleaner and see that there was no undercoat..

Edited Tuesday at 03:50 PM by Ulf

[NOBLNG]

  On 6/17/2025 at 2:52 PM, Ulf said:

After the owen cleaner, Tamiya lacquer thinner take the undercoat away over nigth. A Wood toothpick does the last whitout scratching the parts.

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Is the “Tamiya” lacquer thinner weak enough that it won’t melt the styrene like generic LT will?

[Ulf]

  On 6/17/2025 at 3:01 PM, NOBLNG said:

Is the “Tamiya” lacquer thinner weak enough that it won’t melt the styrene like generic LT will?

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Se my edit.