Posted by js on November 09, 2003 at 00:12:45:
In Reply to: Re: stripping plating off mouthpieces posted by Dan Schultz on November 08, 2003 at 22:27:44:
I've stripped the silver off of the back of a mirror once before with muriatic acid, but
-I'm not certain that stuff is actually really silver, or just called "silver".
-The fuming is horrible. I did it outside.
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P.S. This is a great old trick, btw. If you have a beautiful beveled-glass mirror in great shape with horrible silver on the back, strip off all of the remaining silver and put a "good-but-cheap" mirror BEHIND the beautiful beveled glass in the frame!
P.P.S. Just like Dan says, send it to Anderson Silver plating...or if you're simply going to get it RE-silver plated, just have it buffed up really nice before sending it to your favorite plating place. The combination surface of old silver plating, copper strike, and raw brass will plate over with new silver beautifully...again, assuming it is buffed out nicely.