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What was your method? Wet'n'dry with some polishing compound?
I'm asking, because I've got an anodised 3TT stem with nice Moscow bars - they also have elaborate embossed logos, but the finish is dull. They're NOS, so I don't want to scratch them up and prefer to take it slowly. I can't really chuck the stem into some kind of bath with caustic soda, because of the rubber seal on the front (it's the kind of hinged stem which opens up).

They're Aliminium those

But I got some 240 grit and just blasted over them with one of those mouse sanders. I was careful around the embossed bits but I did go over them.

Then I used 1200 grit and like you said wet and dried them about 4/5 times and then finished them off with some metal polish which is like a abrasive compound - I can't remmeber the name, I borrowed it off a mate, I know it's expensive but it did the trick!

This is during.. as you can see I wasn't shy about it, I took a lot of the metal away lol

I did take every blemish off I could - before I thought I might have gotten white finger from the vibrations haha!