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stelfox-
Yeah its defo an anodised finish. While its still fairly bright, anodised silver parts tend to have a slight matt effect compared raw/polished alu.
@Hulsroy My thinking was that without removing the machining marks, even after polishing it might still look a bit dull. I have a professional polishing wheel and done my mtb cranks that came out really well here (soz, not that its competition!)
Polishing with the wheel in its self I suppose would flatten down the machining marks a bit. My worry is that removing them with wet and dry paper might make my 31.6 seatpost closer to 31.5!? The wet and dry sanding part also takes way too much effort.I think I'm just going to give it a bash
TotalShanner
Just seen this in the classifieds.
I’m guessing this has had an attempt at removing the anodising.
How close to an og silver Thomson does a de-anodised black one get? I’d like to have it pretty close but thinking the grooved surface of Thomson posts might make a bright polished finish harder to achieve?
Got any photos of ones you’ve done?