Resurrecting a zombie. I'm fixing up a black chrome schwinn high sierra as a commuter for my son. The black has discolored in places, flaked or scratched off in others. My understanding of this "color" is that it is simply a thin black coat over chrome. I looked this post up because I'm assuming I can strip the paint and be left with a chrome frame. Anyone know whether that's the case? And I don't think I would clear coat. I recovered a very tough looking schwinn cimarron chrome fork with 15 minutes of polishing with aluminum foil. Looks brand new. I would do the same with the entire frame and then probably use an automotive spray wax.