Originally Posted by
martl
skip the chemical paint stripping, blast and rechrome instead, because chemicals? I would rather dip my hand in a barrel of paintstripper than in a barrel of the stuff used for electroplating, brother

Ditto!
Read it again carefully, and the main thought should be, "you'll want it blasted to remove every trace of paint anyway, so continuing to strip the paint off with chemicals is likely wasting time."