That's it, Im buying some good 'ol dangerous lye at Ace Hardware tomorrow. As I remember I did a set 7 years ago (found an old post on instructables with a comment I made) and I did one with Yellow original formula EZ-OFF (mine is blue this year) and the other with 220/500/800 and I think the sandpaper was the better procedure. @dadsbee What was the name of the lye product you purchased?