karldub

I just bought a Nitto Technomic Stem which I thought would have more of a mirror finish. It is shiny, but does not have a mirror finish. From the description at Rene Hearse Cycle, the less polished finish is one of the things distingueshes the mid-priced nitto stems like Technomic from the more expensive ones like NP. Quote: "The differences to the NP are less polish (although that’s hard to see), no anodizing, a simple nut for the clamp bolt (which you replace if you run a decaleur), and no box".

Since the stem is brand new without any scratches:
- If i were to polish the stem to try to achieve a mirror finish, either by hand or getting some kind of polishing machine, would I still need to do the sanding steps to achieve this or can I skip to polishing wheel + compound?