As mentioned in the first posting in this thread, back in the mid 1970s, "before it was cool", my brother and I decided to have all of our "alloy" components black anodized. This was before things like this were offered from the manufacturers. Well, it was cool until everyone was doing it. But, no matter, it looked great for many years. Like many coatings however, it wore off, aged off, faded and the like. So as part of this go around, I've de-anodized the components.

De-anodizing is not a perfect science. It's a combination of various dips and sprays with caustics (such as Oil Eater, or ZEP Purple degreasers) followed by acid sprays (Meguiars Chrome Wheel cleaner, with phosphoric acid and ammonium biflouride). Some mechanical action with scrubby pads and brushes.

So far, got the chainring set, Cinelli stem, and one brake done. I have one last brake to do, and then the cages on the Weyless pedals. Those are proving to be quite troublesome; only about 80% of the anodizing is coming off. I may have to come up with a plan B. No I don't yet have a plan B.


De-Anodized components