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@Colin_the_Bald
For the perfect finish use muscles. Actually, I used paint stripper first then emery cloth strips, then scotch pads. It took a bloody long time and any microscopic stain or discoloured area WILL show through the anodising. The actual anodising goes direct onto bare metal (I don't think it will work on a pearl finish). Bead or sand blasting might work to clean the frame up, but you'll still need to get it shiny, mine was more like a brushed finish, before anodising.