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Stem removing polished look advice

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Redline:
... if ya want to tone down the high gloss polished look Matt then get the stem head "clear annodised" as this will dull it down. I did it wish some Suntour hubs and they came out perfecto  :daumenhoch:

Swivel:
Thanks everyone for their hints/tips. I'll give these a go next week  :daumenhoch:

Rodgy1970:

--- Quote from: pickle on April 04, 2012, 01:23 PM ---leave it out in the garden for a month  ;)

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This will work, the alloy will dull as it oxidises.

Deano:
I would sand it with 1000 grit paper (DRY) so it actually leaves some fine lines and then metal polish it by hand on a rag.
This should give it a slight shine but not a good reflection which sounds like what your after.
If that doesnt look bright enough and still a little flat use 1000 wet or 2000 dry.

I did a stem to 1000 dry with no metal polish and its finish was like the Tuff neck/Pro neck stem so a light polish after should bring it up a tad.

SteveG:
I was going to suggest grey Scotchbrite with oil on to take some of the shine off. Suntour stems and DX pedals are shiny but not in the corners. I think they would have been ball burnished or tumbled in ceramic trianangles or similar and then just buffed up a bit with a buffing wheel .
I had access to a wet grit blaster years ago which gave a very fine blasted finish which is similar great for that new casting look.

I have experimented with all of the cleaning products in the cupboard and found something called shiny sinks gave a slightly matt finish. It's a stainless steel cleaner not recommended for alloy but cleaned my kart engine up quite nicely. Jif or Cif will also dull a polished alloy surface slightly.

The Scotchbrite will leave lines so Cif might be better, give it a try on something that doesn't matter first.

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