Thanks for the nice words guys!
James, your zed was looking pretty spiffy too. Yeah, all jap day is looking like a goer.
About a day to cut with 1200 wet and then 2000 wet to a smooth surface avoiding the edges. Then about half a day of buffing. If I was to do it again, I would avoid the 1200 / 2000 and just use 1500. The 2000 didn't really get rid of all the 1200 scratches and it took a while of buffing to get them out.