i have done many pieces by hand actually. close to everything under the hood of my passat was polished when i had it.
i just recently did a set of 4 18x8"/ 18x9" bbs wheels for my 5 series, almost entirely by hand. these wheels were very bad. all curbed, bent, etc. this was 80 grit, all the way to 2000. the only thing i didn’t do by hand was apply the 3 layers of compound. everything else, by hand.
i’d be interested in seeing the pics man… shoot 'em on over 