I'd be a little cautious about dipping a structurally critical hollow component into an aluminium-dissolving solution. Your local high-end anodising shop would be able to do it, but it would be much better to find a source of the same rim which has never been black, they are manufactured and sold through the usual suspects, although the whims of fashion mean they are seldom in stock.
It was successful though.
Exhibit A:
Didn't do a die yet re steel interface.
The pellet stuff was weak, had to resort to mix it into a paste and apply liberally with a brush and patiently waiting whilst it bubbled away.
Was fun though.
We've been here many times before, recently here https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16749121/incontext/
I'd be a little cautious about dipping a structurally critical hollow component into an aluminium-dissolving solution. Your local high-end anodising shop would be able to do it, but it would be much better to find a source of the same rim which has never been black, they are manufactured and sold through the usual suspects, although the whims of fashion mean they are seldom in stock.