polish&annodize or just annodize

[Canuk]

so how do I get that glossy black look? I've heard if you annodize alluminum after it's polished it will be glossy like powdercoat. Is this the case?

I want stiffners to be gloss black, should I polish un-annodized stiffners and then annodize? or just powdercoat them?

 

[apex69]

so how do I get that glossy black look? I've heard if you annodize alluminum after it's polished it will be glossy like powdercoat. Is this the case?

I want stiffners to be gloss black, should I polish un-annodized stiffners and then annodize? or just powdercoat them?

they tell me polish then annodize for a shiny look

 

[Dirka-Dirka]

I like to anodize over powder coating as there is no weight. I would not polish the metal first.

 

[WhistlerCowboy]

Powdercoating is not as heavy as people think,basically its a plastic durable coating applied between 1-2 mils thick.Larger section of colors and textures with Powder.I just did a MC frame with less than 1/2 pound of Powder.
Here is the frame and some glossy Black parts.

 

[kennyblatz]

i had some ruffer older parts so i went with powder coating.

Yes i would polish befor anodize. the guy that was going to do mine said clean/sand/or polish till your happy cause it's basically like a colored glass coating in the sense you still see any metal inperfections.

 

[rknight111]

I polished the crap out of my tunnel before it went in for anodizing and its shiny as could be. Look in the yamaha nytro build thread.