You need to use stripper if its indeed chrome, or if it's just metal then you can buy a cheap sand blaster on Amazon.com. It would leave a neat finish I would think after it beats up the metal. If it doesn't you can use various grades of 3M pads and a dremel to resurface the metal (like brushed metal) or you can try buffing it with diamond powder. You would then want to spray it with a poly to stop it from slowly rusting.