god damn you're right man! I thought they were all powder coated but I guess the black is ano... faK! I guess I need to look into a vinyl wrap or something maybe instead. Also thanks for those close ups of your stealth dropper man, looks good!

 I used oven cleaner on an anodized bar once. It required fine sanding to get it all off, then required polishing. I doubt vinyl wrap would work given that the surface is essentially pitted from the ano process. I would just dust it with flat black spray paint and try to blend it….

 there is a company in toronto that does all sorts of bike finishes. I think its vela colour. Maybe they or someone else could acid dip it to strip off ano while keeping the nice even pitting….?

 Thanks man! I'm sending a few emails out to some companies to see what my options are. Really don't want to resort to spraying it myself... this frame is turning out to be a nightmare, hopefully I can sort it out for a decent price

 Velocolor it is man, thanks for the advice they seem to think it won't be problem for them!

 to acid dip and re-ano or just acid dip to have it raw??

 Might be the best option. Raw is awesome!

 i think i still have the paint stripper i used on the giant stp if you want to use it

 Sweet man! Did you use that airplane paint stripper or whatever it is?

 I can't remember the name of the stuff but it worked the paint just bubbled off, although it did not take off the etching primer, I had to buff that off.

 Nice I'll trade you some paint stripper for thst top cap you lent me for the morewood haha

 Yup, get a stripper.

 Words to live by haha