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Old 05-11-07 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by tarmusic
Does anyone have experience with oxalic acid and plated parts? I'm thinking about nickel and chrome plating, primarily.
Chrome is fine, I don't know about nickel.

DON"T use it on zinc or cad plating, the acid will eat the plating and leave you with dull metal. The tiny bubbles coming off the plating during the process are pretty cool though.
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