Here at Hawkeye Customs, I've just finish two slides.
Sig 320 slide with flat black paint and a G26 slide.
Sig has just over 25 hours of hand polishing. I took me longer because of the finished paint. The SC didn't take as long being that I polished the whole slide and didn't have to work around paint. The SC will have some blasted skulls on it, I'll have some pictures when I finish this slide.
Got around to finishing my SC today.
I went with sandblasting instead of etching.
When etching I think it looks better on a painted slide but for that Suttle look that has you looking twice on a polished surface, sandblasting is the way to go.