removing cromed finish on bumpers, etc.

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heres a lesson, if you buy a kit alteration, have pictures on hand to look at and compare, I shaved a touch off the friggin rear bumper wear the lights are supposed to wrap around the rear corner panel on the 68 alteration.... the 69's are tucked in.... hard to explain. rats... time to start thinking.

Ordinary vinegar works as well but takes a day or so.

I use spray oven cleaner; spray it on, drop it in a ziploc baggie and wait about an hour. Open the baggie, hold it under the faucet to rinse the baggie and part clean. The baggie is important; the fumes are dangerous and you really do not want the oven cleaner on your skin.

Westley's Bleach right tire cleaner works well also.

Kevin Triplett

I used a clorox gel, its got bleach in it to strip chrome, works in about 10 minutes with no toothbrush work.

I'll give that a try. I am a little dissapointed in the AMT kit. the headlights are chromed over as well and the drive shaft is molded as part of the frame... definite kit-bashing time.

You could always soak it and then paint it black , tape off and then use Alclad chrome. If I did the front I might also do the back just to have the same finish on both. Stripping the back would depend on how similar it was to the front.
Andy
Anything with alcohol will strip the chrome. I use Pine-Sol.

unfortunately they are one piece

Castrol Super Clean strips kit chrome very well.
Is the bumper and grill one assembly?
You will need to soak the part so if they are one piece, this would be a problem unless you separtate them, then you would have to deal with the damage done to the bumper!