[DanM]

So you're saying bring it home, clean it up by hand, and then take it back to machine it?

My only concern with that, based on previous experiences with trying to clean badly rusted/oxidized metal, is that it might not be worth it. IE, if I'm going to spend $30 on 3M rotary sanding discs, plus it's going to take me 30 hours .. I'd rather just spend $40 to sand blast it and be done with it... know what I'm sayin?