How do I strip chrome off plastic? I know it's not true chrome. The chrome I want to remove is the chrome on the headlight bezels and the bars on top and below the grille.

 

Plastic-grit sandpaper? We used I think 3k 4k 6k and a ton of 8k followed by some 10k grit to get an old bike to hold a spray paint black lol

 

If not just go to the junkyard I'm sure you can find some with missing paint

 

That's not a terrible idea. I see ones with flaking chrome all the time at the junkyard. Once it starts flaking it's not that hard to peel it all off.

 

Well I took some chrome stuff off of an 81 f250 custom that was in better shape than my chrome but its dirty and for the life of me can't get it cleaned off so I'm gonna strip the chrome off and rechrome it.

 

It's also chipping in some places.

 

scuff it and shoot it. May have to use glazing putty to smooth it. The top and bottom "bars" are anodized metal.

 

I can tell you from experience that Castrol Super Clean will strip it off clean. Just let it sit in a bucket of the stuff for a few days to a week. I found this out years ago inadvertently when I left some A/C vents from a Chevelle in the stuff to get them real clean. When I pulled them out they didn't have a trace of chrome on them! I had to get them re-chromes at that point..

 

Try to see if you can borrow a soda blaster...they're just like sandblasters but more gentle...you'll get that mylar/chrome off in no time!

Roger