John I think you can muck around with salt water solutions and batteries for a reverse electrolysis removal. But most plating firms will do it either by this means or a caustic bath. However you can use a good etch primer just like they do when the paint panels on chrome tanks and wheel rims. Ron
I'd agree with Ron and give it a good key up with some emery paper to get the worst of the shine off and then give it a good going over with etch primer. I did this on the wheel rims of a scrambler I had years back and it worked perfectly.
If you really are not confident about just going for a 'keyed' surface then primer, as Ron suggests any proper platers will do a reverse 'strip' for not a huge amount o fmoney, but it will vary between companies. It is part of the standard things they do.
Unless you want to die of cancer you might want to reconsider taking the chrome off with reverse electrolysis. The infamous chrome hexadine fumes will be released when dechroming (remember the movie Erin brokovich).
Best left to the professionals or the etch primer or the sand blasting solution.
