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While I have not done it myself, I had it done in a helicopter repair shop on a Ruger Blackhawk pistol grip frame. A guy told me he could do it, so I gave him a frame and told him I wanted to see it. Because that was the first time anyone has ever told me it could be done and they could do it. About two weeks later he returned it, looking like new. Turns out the process for Ruger involves a specific cold temperature bath, like 67 degrees and absolutely requires that the steel locator pin be removed, plus no polishing can be done because of air bubbles inside the metal. The metal forms a thin solid coat on the inside of the moulds. The color must be completely removed by chemicals. The guy was kind of a squirrel and said he couldn't do any more frames. So the Ruger aluminum frames can be redone, you just need to figure it out.
He did tell me that most all aluminum baths are hot to warm, but not Ruger stuff. It might not help much but gives you a place to look for a start with Ruger stuff.
Ed
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