Hi Charlie and group, After talking to my chrome plater , he said they either acid dip the part or the glass bead off the chrome and nickle and copper very carefully , then polish the parts and replate. He said they use a 150 grit glass bead and are very careful not to stay in one place for to long. Do not use the glass bead method on Brass or other very soft metals as you will wear away to much of the detail in the part. Allan R On Sat, 11 May 2002 13:25:01 EDT Hugecoop@xxxxxxx writes: > does anyone have a method for removing chrome, or is this strictly a > professional operation?i'd like to paint my bumpers for the first > season i'm > going to run my car and want to remove the old chrome.any > suggestions would > be appreciated.thanks charlie 38 cp.