So, here's the long and short of it. Bought a Jamis BOSS cruiser w beautiful blue anodized rims. Went to clean them w a little polish and it ate right through the 35 year old anodize.So at that point, made the decision to remove all the color...such a shame because the rims were a beautiful color of blue. Anyway, I remembered as a kid, we used to use easy off to remove anodized color. So...did that today, got all the color off, but the easy off discolored the aluminum. Its still silver, but its blotchy and looks horrible. I have tried: never dull, rubbing compound, Brillo pads, 00 steel wool, toothpaste, WD-40, noxon metal polish, lacquer thinner and soap and water. Nothing even slightly un does the damage done by the easy off. Anyone have any ideas?
BTW, on the second wheel I just used elbow grease and a few Brillo pads and the rim looks beautiful.
BTW, on the second wheel I just used elbow grease and a few Brillo pads and the rim looks beautiful.