Nickel plating

[gemmer]

Any suggestions on removing remnants of nickel plating on a musket would be appreciated.

[Charlie Hahn]

Midway USA has a you tube demonstration that is useful.

[Gary Van Kauwenbergh, 101]

Plating can be removed the same way it was put on. The Chrome Shop in Menasha, WI removes plating, their web site is http://www.thechromeshopinc.com/

[spadegrip]

Brownells has a room temp. solution that you mix and soak the parts in. They say it takes 1-4 hours. It took me 4-5 days to remove the nichol from an Enfield I picked up. It does not touch the metal finish. Price is ~$75 shipped. It is reusable.

[spadegrip]

Nickel.😬 My bad.

[Jim_Burgess_2078V]

I've heard that Hoppe's #9 powder solvent will remove nickel plating. Hoppe's seems to have changed the formula for their powder solvent in recent years so I'm not sure it is still harmful to nickel plating.

Jim Burgess
15th CVI

[R. McAuley 3014V]

Finding a nickel plate remover may not solve all your problems because there is usually an undercoating of brass or copper, especially on ferrous metals. Perhaps you might investigate a gloss black nickel coating? Usually for historical firearms that had a factory nickel finish, the firearms were still new. Otherwise, the metal had to be polished bright. Removing the nickel finish may not restore the musket to its original finish, and too, the Navy (and Marine Corps) often had plated firearms to protect them from corrosion. So you are not stripping a Navy/Marine contract musket are you?