Thanks BB, I have done it a couple of times but on bare rusty steel. If I ever have to do another restoration again which I would like to eventually freshen up my old tools in the shed I think this will be the way I will go about it as doing it all by hand is very time consuming and taking a toll on all my aches and pains.
Life is always one of those things where something always seems to pop up unexpectedly and pushes all your plans back, 2 steeps forwards and 3 steps back. If you knew all the projects I have started or got planned that have come to a stop or never started you would be amazed.
B_S