Anybody get into trim repair?

I'll experiment on the first few pieces to nail down a good process. Patience isn't one of my virtues so I would like to figure out what is the most efficient. For a good piece of trim, three stages of sanding and three stages of polishing seems excessive to me although this Cuda Cody guy takes it to a whole new level with 5 stages of sanding and 3 stages of polishing however he looks like he has done this before :) I'm thinking that more sanding will minimize the amount of buffing time.

This guy has a good set of videos


Way too much use of a file in this video I think.

More working of the metal would make a lot of it unnecessary.

Hence the oak dyes that really help smooth out the surface.

Also, if you check at different points in the video, he has grinded away a lot of the profile of the trim.

It will look very shiny but will show flat spots from removing too much of the metal.