One very important tool in the home refinishing toolkit is a bulk buy of high-grade sandpaper, and some vinyl (or other) masking compound.
By carefully masking logos, etc., before embarking on a polishing expedition, you should be able to avoid losing the logos. The same is true for races of hubs and headsets before either reanodizing or rechroming these items.
The bulk of the work in refinishing involves stripping and polishing and in the case of chrome, stringing the parts on copper wire for either stripping or for replating. This work, which is about 85% of the whole task, can be done at home (assuming you have a friendly plater.)
As for home anodizing or home chroming - I recommend calling a local harley or SUV dealer to get the name of a qualified local service to do the work. You don't want to start a toxic waste dump in your garage !! Both processes are controlled by the EPA, and just because someone will sell you small quantities of the materials without having a permit, doesn't mean you can do it safely or without risk to the environment !! Before you embark on this, think about your family and the environment in and around your house (including your children and the ones next door!)
For example, our local chrome plater recently got overloaded with work because another chrome plater in town was shut down by the EPA. It's easy to do serious damage to your home environment, and in some cases almost impossible to clean it up !
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA