stripping black paint off a Hasselblad A12 back

[ymc226]

If I am going to replace the cover off a beat up Hasselblad A12 black back, is there anyway to "strip" off the black paint to make it a chrome back?

 

[Christopher Walrath]

An automotive stripper would work great. Bondo/MarHyde (now 3M) makes a paint stripper that you can brush on called Tal-Strip.

 

[benjiboy]

Are you sure that the back is Chrome plated under the black paint ?

 

[Q.G.]

Whether it is as thick a layer as on chrome magazines, i don;t know.
But every owner of black Hasselblad magazines can tell you that there is pretty shiny stuff below the flaking black paint.

 

[ymc226]

Thanks, I will give it a try.

 

[Theo43]

ymc,
Let us know how this project turns out. I also have a shabby looking black A12 that could use a facelift.
Ted

 

[dentkimterry]

The ones I have seen with most of their black paint off did not have chrome underneath, the had a dark gray metal.

Terry

 

[Q.G.]

The dark grey metal is beneath the chrome. So maybe they chrome flaked off on the magazines you have seen?
The black magazines wear down to a nice shine.

 

[dentkimterry]

"So maybe they chrome flaked off on the magazines you have seen?"

Could be!

Terry