Hey Michael, Others have more experience to share about this, but here's what I did.
I used a Dremel with a wire brush on the lowest speed to remove the remaining Shimano coating. Then, briefly, I used a 1200-grit wet paper to smooth things out. I also used a Dremel polishing pad with compound briefly. Finally, I finished it off with Mother's aluminum polish for the shine. It was a quick job, and I suppose if I wanted a mirror finish, I could spend more time with the wet paper. I have another set of bar ends that I'll try some of this other fine advice with and then compare the results. Cheers, John On Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 9:46:27 AM UTC-7 George Schick wrote: > Anyone here ever tried using Simichrome polish? And then finishing with a > coating like Protectaclear to keep it from oxidizing? It's worked well for > me. > > > On Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 10:53:27 AM UTC-5 John Dewey wrote: > >> Here's a link to the best polishing materials I've ever used—and I'm a >> serial polisher. Had to join Polishers Anonymous in an attempt to break me >> of the habit. Didn't work. >> >> Jock >> >> >> https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/supplies/sanding-and-polishing/sandpaper-and-finishing-papers/micro-mesh-touch-up-stick/?mtm_source=google&mtm_medium=cpc&mtm_campaign=%7c+GOO+%7c+SHOP+%7c+BR+%7c+BrandUS&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=412050672&gbraid=0AAAAADcBv9iMJbvbXtlaS6eqmXeBimHpQ&gclid=CjwKCAjwpOfHBhAxEiwAm1SwEjOB2QFQ6vd-XQDNBnUB1Ru4tuO-5vfUF5JDGoD8-yD8KplHHl-qixoCMBYQAvD_BwE >> >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM John Rinker <[email protected]> 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/b0b846b0-db71-46c5-8e4b-4b938122ac14n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b0b846b0-db71-46c5-8e4b-4b938122ac14n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- 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/0ba20fea-0f8e-4ffd-bb21-90e530f1032dn%40googlegroups.com.
