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How to remove chrome from a bass bridge

prowlaprowla Frets: 4916
in Making & Modding
I'm lining up my next project and I want a brass bridge on my bass.

Now, I have a Hipshot brass bridge, so I'm thinking that all I need to do is strip off the chrome.

How can I do that?
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14423
    Mild acid bath.

    This will pickle away the electroplated chrome and any nickle. The concentration may need increasing to make inroads into the copper.

    Unless you lacquer the raw brass, it will rapidly tarnish.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72307
    Time machine. Set it to 1978.

    :)

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  • paulnb57paulnb57 Frets: 3054
    PCB etchant removes chrome for relicing....perhaps leave it soaking for longer?
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 28336
    Chrome is a tough bugger. I tried with acid but it still didn't remove it.
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