Here's a link to a piece by John Watson (The Radavist) covering his technique for stripping an anodized a seat post and then polishing the unfinished aluminum. I've followed his steps with a few small bits and was pleased with the results. I do use a bench mounted grinder with a buffing wheel for the final polish.
https://theradavist.com/tutorial-how-to-remove-anodizing-and-polish-bicycle-components Steve in AVL On Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 7:26:26 AM UTC-4 Michael wrote: > I like this...could you share the tools you used and your process? > > On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 8:01:14 PM UTC-4 John Rinker wrote: > >> Here's a fun, rainy-day diversion. Recently, I had to repair a bar-end >> shifter and when I took off the mounts I began looking at the shiny silver >> under the worn coating. I decided to remove the stock coating on the >> Shimano mounts and ended up with some very shiny new mounts. >> >> [image: IMG_5765.jpg] >> Cheers, John >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/84055ecd-ed84-43a7-9229-150fc7f370a7n%40googlegroups.com.
