Thought it would be nice to do a side by side photo for comparison. The main fucker was sanding off the shot-blasted texture... after that the process was relatively painless. I ended up doing 400 grit > 600 > 1000 > 1500 > 2000, then Autosol and kitchen towel.
This was probably 2 1/2 hours work doing it by hand / without machines.
Impressive dedication to a boring task. Got an old pair of red FSA PowerPros I'd like to de-anodise - quite a lot has rubbed off in the last ~20 years anyway, but saving that job for some other time...
Finished one!
Thought it would be nice to do a side by side photo for comparison. The main fucker was sanding off the shot-blasted texture... after that the process was relatively painless. I ended up doing 400 grit > 600 > 1000 > 1500 > 2000, then Autosol and kitchen towel.
This was probably 2 1/2 hours work doing it by hand / without machines.