Awesome anodising

[Stretch79]

They would need stripping of the anodising , then polishing to whatever level of finish you are happy with. Then anodising again.

You loose a little shine when they are etched prior to the dye but not too much.

If you are happy with them , they will last a lifetime no doubt. Myself , I would be looking for as close to factory finish as possible.

Kai in Germany does Anodising for bike parts. These were done by him for someone I know. Note the level of prep in the before picture which translates to the finished item.

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YES! Thank you

Now that looks like art and what I would love to have!

Assume I can hopefully find that in the UK, given postage and fees etc but I will look, if no luck maybe Germany it is

 

[Stretch79]

to get a deep smooth gloss first you'd remove the old anodising (caustic soda), then polish to within a inch of it's life the aluminium, it has to be as shiny as a shiny thing from shine town. then before it can start to oxidise you need to clean it to within an inch of it's life, which is the next town over from shiny town, then straight in to the anodising bath. the reason you can't do the polishing ahead of time is it will oxidise before you get it to the anodiser and they'll need to redo it.

I've done small parts myself at home, but I wouldn't recommend others do it, there are some nasty chemicals.

cross post with d8mok. sorry.

No, that's understood many thanks.

The ratchet ring was my main concern as they are fragile and I've found no way yet of removing it

 

[d8mok]

YES! Thank you

Now that looks like art and what I would love to have!

Assume I can hopefully find that in the UK, given postage and fees etc but I will look, if no luck maybe Germany it is

It’s not that expensive to get Kai to do small parts. Drop him a message

 

[Stretch79]

It’s not that expensive to get Kai to do small parts. Drop him a message

Will do, Mrs has insta, I'm too cool for that!

 

[mk one]

The finish is very close to the original black finish

 

[Stretch79]

The finish is very close to the original black finish

It is? from what I've heard it needs to be glossier, but haven't got a hub to compare to

 

[mk one]

The original finish has a shine to it as does any new part, not a bright shine like the other ano colours they did. The only thing I can see which would make them look new is the surface, the smoothness that was mentioned above, depends on if you want a factory new look.

 

[Stretch79]

The original finish has a shine to it as does any new part, not a bright shine like the other ano colours they did. The only thing I can see which would make them look new is the surface, the smoothness that was mentioned above, depends on if you want a factory new look.

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That's better, thank you for the close up.

Yes, just the finish of the actual item appears somewhat different.