What do you do with to surface after you have removed the nickle? Will it take a blue? Does it need a further prep before something can be done? Thanks
It is just steel....once the plating is removed you can refinish the steel any way you wish, case color, blue, re-plate or spray paint or whatever.......nothing changes....just like stripping any other antique steel part which has been plated......
You must prep it just like you would any other piece of bare steel that you wish to re-finish.....Prep it for whatever finish you are applying......
Nickel, chrome, copper, brass etc. plating is a process which deposits metal onto the substrate, stripping it off leaves the substrate as it was prior to the plating.......the metallurgy does not change, you are only removing the plating.....
The Brownells nickel strip is DIY garbage IMO, I would use a professional plating shop to strip the nickel or any other plating off, unless you live in a third world country.... The professional stripping process is far more precise
and controlled with the modern equipment they use now days, than the DIY stuff and the parts come out pristine IMO,
and they can strip it fast.....I've never had any missing parts or problems with professional plating shops....I guess it depends on where you live....?.....
Best,