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There's some way of doing it with baking soda and boiling but not sure if it's an old wives tale
If you wish to remove the electroplated black finish from hardware, the surefire way is to let somebody with corrosive sweat smear their paws all over it. Failing that, acetic acid (vinegar) might do the trick.
Obviously use the wife's best cooking stuff to do it in
If it's the first, dismantle it all and soak the pieces in acetone or some variety of patent 'cleaning solvent' - Maplin Label Remover is very effective - and use a stiff brush to scrub it off.
If it's the second, don't. The plating underneath usually won't be nice enough to make a finished surface. If you really don't like it, replace the hardware with matching chrome or nickel parts.
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