FWIW, I was in Steve Wilkinsons shop last year and he had a beautifully finished ZF that looked just like the one in that other thread Garvino posted. Anyway, Steve told me he glass beads the cases, then sprays with a satin clear to fill all the pits and voids so they don't get filthy so easily.
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