Originally Posted by
buldogge
It is of course bare aluminum...I can:
a) clean it up/lightly "polish" it
or
b) paint it to match, as some of the early Treks had apparently.
I've done two of them recently...one seemed to be bare, one seemed to be anodized. The obviously bare one polished up nice and would go mirror if you wanted. The one that seemed to be coated I "refreshed" by using Turtle Wax red rubbing compound rather than a polish. It will clean the surface yet leave it a more matte finish. I could do the same thing on the bare one if I wanted to just take the edge off the shine.