Any chrome? removal experts? Or 'how do i get this stuff off please'?

Would HCL should be OK on steel though?
on steel, sort of, it will corrode it (we use is for pickling welds)*, but it's much slower than aluminium reaction.

*slowed even more my the alloy agents added to make the steel, so dependent on the grade.
 
Paint the spider black ;)

It looks to be a fairly specialist/potentially hazardous job, perhaps one for a specialist.

There must be plenty of people who have rechromed early pace forks for that dream no's build. How did they do it I wonder, or did they just paint black and add a 531 sticker ;)
 
I used to send stuff to a chromer. No way am I going to chrome stuff at home scary scary chemicals.

I've plated plenty of stuff though, normally wothbcopper because copper sulfate is cheap l
 
Awesome replies - thankyou.
I read somewhere on Google that bleach would do it.
It (the bleach) looked like it acted the same as oven cleaner.....
But, frankly i lost my nerve after 5 minutes and gave the spider a good rinse.
5 minutes in bleach didn't touch the chrome.
The problem i have is that there are a few small patches of exposed aluminium - i'm terrified that Hydrochloric or HCL (don't know what it is, but it sounds really cool.....) will eat the (exposed) aluminium before all of the chrome is removed.
I'm erring towards asking a sand blasting person if that would work.....
Thanks again!
 
I think some replies came in when i was replying.....
To address a couple of them:
Yes, black or possibly red is my intention.
Have i missed something? Or is the point of owning a RETRO bike - NOT to buy new cranks?
Having said that - if anyone has a set of these for sale?
Bontrager - Carbon - GXP - 110 - 170.
But i doubt that very much.....
Cranks.jpg
 
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