I have some vintage Specialized hubs that were never anodized to begin with. I hadn't thought about using metal polish on them, but my idea of a metal polish was basically from my years ago using Brasso. I wanted to polish some other non-cycling things and looked up all the various metal polishes there are these days.... LOTS !.... and decided to get some Blue Magic as it seemed to get good results for a reasonable price. The ammonia smell is notable, but darned if it isn't effective ! So of course I then had to try it out on some bike parts that weren't anodized like DT shifters, some Campy seatposts and Specialized hubs from the 80's. Blue Magic is advertised as "cleans, shines and protects", and my application has confirmed that. I polished the Specialized front hub on a wheel I ride every day in season and I was expecting the shine to wear off quickly, but it's been over six months and it still sparkles in the Sunshine, so I'm happy.
