Polish Front Wheel

I thought I'd do up an album outlining the restoration process of the front wheel on my 78E.
The first 4 pics show the effects of 40 years of our humid Southwestern Ontario climate, the last 12 years sitting. The pitting and corrosion is pretty bad to say the least but I wanted to see if I could save these. Well, let's see.

Here is my finishing Schedule

Step 1 - Strip Clear Coat - I just used a gel paint stripper
Step 2 - Brass Wire Wheel - I tried cleaning the remaining pitting and corrosion up with a Nylox wheel, but it barely touched it so I resorted to a brass wire wheel in a cordless drill.
Step 3 - Hand sand with 180 grit emery cloth, 120 grit sandpaper, fine emery cloth. Used different grits dependant upon how aggressive I needed to be in different spots. This was the most time consuming step by far. Was able to go right to Step 4 - 240 grit on the rear.
Step 4 - Hand sand with 240 grit wet/dry - rinsed and soaked in water
Step 5 - Hand sand with 400 grit wet/dry - rinsed and soaked in water
Step 6 - Hand sand with 600 grit wet/dry - rinsed and soaked in water

Could have quit here and just finished up with some lubricated 0000 steel wool as this was already a huge improvement, but I wanted to see how far I could go.

Step 7 - Black Emery bar on a cloth wheel in a cordless drill. Started with Black Emery bar on a sisal wheel then switched to a cloth wheel to reduce scratching.
Step 8 - White Diamond bar on a cloth wheel in a cordless drill
Step 9 - Red Rouge bar on a cloth wheel in a cordless drill
Step 10- Green Polishing bar on a cloth wheel on outside rim edges only in a cordless drill
Step 11 - Final buff/polish with Autosol