Medici went to a fully chromed fork pretty early in the scheme of things for inventory ease and cost. They went with a buy out fork from Tange pretty early. Later they had chrome done to the stays (various amounts) and sometimes to the head lugs as the orders arrived, (give the customer what they wanted).

As to the stripping of chrome and problems, the deal is multifold:

Deplating if done too long will attack the chrome in the blade and or steerer steel.
The braze is most often bronze so would be in danger if the copper layer was also being removed.
After deplating the fork must still be polished before new plating layers go on. Copper, nickel, chrome is the "standard".
Plenty of forks and frames never go this effort though.
The solution used in the entire process of deplating and replating can get trapped in the blades, this is not good.
Condensation while in service later will "awaken" those chemicals which are acidic.
Mix old chemicals with new and trap them in the blades, (usually enter through the vent holes for brazing) is most often the culprit, sometimes there are gaps and or pinholes in the original brazing.
A number of painters will drill a secondary hole inside the fork legs not too far from the crown (often through a reinforcement) to help in the draining and flushing out of the solution in the various stages.
A good chrome plater will be very concerned about this as they don't want their tanks cross contaminated either.
Hydrogen embrittlement is also a factor to be reviewed, there are baking procedures to mitigate this, it just is another step.

Working with a plater to mitigate the issues above is doable, but you will pay for it. It is actually easier to start with a raw fork.