Always took to a pro to hone to size( I thought that given the small increases for oversizes on most of our old 2 strokes that a boring bar was not always used).
Unless you have a large fleet of machines, it makes no cost sense to not use a pro IMO. I have carefully used a ball hone to cross hatch for re-ring-very slow speed-and I always clean in solvent tank thoroughy, wash with hot soapy water, spray with WD-40-blow dry, spray with WD-40-and do the clean towel procedure described above. I think next time, I'll try the wet and dry paper , but wrap it on a "soft block"-autobody sanding block for color sanding with fine grits, so as to not get finger gouges.
BTW a few years back had a bloke come to store looking for a hone for chrome bore on a late CR 2 stroke. On chrome bores, I always just cleaned it and reassembled-also no real "break -in" prcedure on these. As soon as the coated 2stroke oil burned off clean-ready to run. Maybe not right, but I had no problems .
James
