Lockout lever was plated. And the tube was left natural steel. I couldn't think of any way to remove the plating on the tube below the lever without risking the replated levers finish. So the last bit of the tube is also plated.

But just chuck the tube up in a lathe, and with progressivly finer sand paper with it turning at slow speeds. I tried to remove as many of the pits as I could.
Be advised, Grab a coke, your going to be there a while.