Originally Posted by
xiaoman1
MM,
Curious about the cleaning, when you used the polish, did it remove the anodizing....I like the matt finish on some of my parts and don't want it removed.
Thanks, Ben
I'm a novice when it comes to polishing. I'm only cleaning off dried grease (softening it up with WD40, alcohol or lighter fluid), then using jewelers files to deburr any rough spots, then gently hand polishing the anodized parts with Mother's polishing compound. I'm not using steel wool or rubbing too hard so the anodized finish is not harmed. In the future I plan on removing the anodized finish on some parts and machine polish them to a high gloss finish, but for now I'm just doing a major cleanup and am not too aggressive in polishing anodized parts.