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steve69:
Is there any way of toning down anodising without stripping it?

Have an item that is far too dark to match the rest of the anodised parts on the bike.

Has anyone found a way ???

MartyC:
Sunlight will fade the anno over time but tbh there's not much else you can do unless a sunbed would work :-\

58 delray:
strip it and get it re annoed to match the other parts maybe

MartyC:

--- Quote from: 58delray on May 08, 2010, 12:21 PM ---strip it and get it re annoed to match the other parts maybe

--- End quote ---

It's hard to match earlier colours 100% so that may not work and you could end up paying to be in the same position.

TBH, bitd a lot of the manufacturers had different tints to the ncolours so all your parts would rarely be a 100% colour match.  What part is it that you need to colour match?

steve69:
The item in question is the gold SR seatpost i got off of Bigplinky (:daumenhoch:) last week,
i feel it's too good to strip, but it's very orange/gold and all the other parts i have on the bike are regular yellow/gold, they are miles apart in colour terms.

I would be very happy if i could tone it down, it doesn't have to be 100% colour match as like you say different brands have slightly different shades.

i don't think i could have it re-anodised as it's made of two alloy parts (post ano' gold and adjuster head silver)

I have gold SR hubs on the same build but  the colour doesn't match them either :-\

If somebody doesn't come up with a tested method over the weekend i think i will be forced to do some experimenting of my own  :shocked:

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