Removing chrome

[bmwkiller]

Whats the best way to remove chrome? I want to paint my door handles to match the body color.

[Ozzie]

mine were simply primered (probably etch primer), then painted. (As far as I can tell)

[Raxephon]

Whats the best way to remove chrome? I want to paint my door handles to match the body color.

Removing chrome pieces or stripping the chrome finish off metals?

[Slipstream]

If it's over plastic, just sand and prime them. I did an off-road truck bumper for a customer and it took about 4 hours to sandblast it off metal. Not easy at all.

[DrewQ45]

If it's over plastic, just sand and prime them. I did an off-road truck bumper for a customer and it took about 4 hours to sandblast it off metal. Not easy at all.

Plastic? The handles are definately heavy metal.

[Slipstream]

Metal, then take them to anyone with a blast cabinet and use an abrasive like "starblast" or "glassbead". Those will leave a nice finish.

[Radioaktiv]

muriatic acid?

[qsiguy]

My brother painted some steel chrome fenders on an old motorcycle, he just primed them with some sort of special primer made for chrome. They turned out very nice. Sorry, can't remember the name of the stuff but I'm sure any paint shop could tell you what it is.