Tyler, good to hear from you, I do hope everything works out for you.

I didn't anodize that clutch cable holder like you said it looks good enough as is.

I have just one buffing wheel mounted on a grinder that has seen better days, so I don't try for a real shiny finish, I'm just to lazy, once the part gets too hot and burns my hands when wearing insulated gloves that is about the time I say the finishing is done.

There is always some fine pin holes in my cast parts, degasing aluminum will help but for me it don't stop it completely, but the degasing does help or when melting the scrap aluminum cast it into ingots first then use the ingots for melting stock for sand casting. I made another ingot mold yesterday(now I have 2 of them) so today I might melt all the rest of my scrap(5 gallon bucket full) and pour ingots. That will keep me busy for a couple of hours.