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Old 08-29-15, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by gaucho777
You can have parts re-anodized, though it can be expensive if you are doing it piece-by-piece. I restored a pair of rare Weyless pedals and had the black cages re-anodized. You basically strip the original anodizing, file/sand as needed, polish, clean and hand over to the anodizer. I paid ~$65 iirc, but probably could have done a batch of a whole bike's worth of small parts for the same cost.


before side


before top


after some initial sanding


Some reshaping

Then more sanding


Then more polishing and reshaping, and a trip to a local anodizing shop to get:

I think you had some fun doing this, as well. Excellent.
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