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.