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oxidation of the aluminum, and aluminum oxide is a salt. Ionic materials typically have low latency of heat, which means it will act as an insulator. The oxide is also very hard, which will ~protect it from small debris pounding it at high speed and it will keep it much cleaner over time. Take a look at some of the sandpaper (the brown paper, not the black) and you'll see that it is also made of the same stuff. :) Anodization of aluminum is simply a dye that gets interlocked with the oxide however, in this case, anodization is only a few angstroms thick so the thermal aspect is negligible. Also consider, over time the aluminum oxidizes anyway but there's nothing to control the process so you can get small pillows of oxide that would be far less efficient than a thin, controlled layer of oxidation. Once it is anodized, it wont oxidize anymore. It will stay clean, be resitant to sand erosion and look cool as hell. I say go for it!
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