stripping plating on a Tech

[omnomnom]

I bought my first RAD loot on ebay. I nice non-date coded (pre-1951?) fat handle Tech in gold. In retrospect paid a bit much for it, but the $1.75 shipping to Canada made up for it.

However, the old plating and lacquer have worn off at the head and some of the handle. I was thinking of stripping the plating so it's a natural copper/brass colour and then re-lacquering it. I think it will look better this way...

Is it a worthwhile to do this? How would I go about stripping the rest of the plating?

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[Gillette4259]

I saw a post ounce here that said Brasso would do it maybe the pro's here can add to this. You have to just seat around rubbing it in for a while till the gold is gone.

 

[blackfoot]

I saw a post ounce here that said Brasso would do it maybe the pro's here can add to this. You have to just seat around rubbing it in for a while till the gold is gone.

It comes off pretty fast though.

 

[omnomnom]

Do you know how I would go about re-lacquering it?
Or maybe it is easier to use it in its bare metal state with no plating and no lacquer...?

 

[RocketMan]

You are better off keeping it au natural! Then you can buff it up as required quite easily.

However, you can use a spray can clear lacquer/urethane and get good results. But once you do, you need to be very careful with it and will probably still end up nicking the coating. Which will leave a tarnishing spot.