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If you think the Honda castings are rough check out 80's Suzuki castings. They are so rough I had to use files to smooth them out after a brake fluid bath to remove the factory coating. Then I sanded them with 400grit. For the final pass I don't sand them with linear strokes, only around the circumference. It gives a nice satin finish. Here's before and after.
Perhaps Vic Worlds does use the coating, doesn’t mean Honda did though Ash. Maybe they couldn’t find the exact colour that Honda used and that gave a close enough result.I can’t see that word Hexavalent Chromium without thinking of Erin Brockovich