[Eee Pad Transformer General] dbiggss:
Sorry about the delay, I have been crazy busy lately. I havent had the opportunity to take any new pics yet.

To answer your questions in the meantime:

2). Your correct, I did not do the hinge. However, I am sure that it would be possible to polish that part also -- and I dont think that it would be very difficult at all. The only reason that I didn't go that far is because of time... My plan was/is to sell the transformer+dock together to offset some costs towards getting the Prime... It just got to the point that It seemed like any more time that I would sink into it wouldn't benefit me because I am going to sell it and I figured that it wouldnt get me any more $$$.

3). Your right on the track! Greased Lightning is very similar to Purple Power. As a matter of fact, I ran out of Greased lightning and I actually had to use Purple Power for the Dock.

The Greased Lightning worked better, but I am not sure if the Anodization was just more stubborn on the dock.

The MAIN INGREDIENT that needs to be in the cleaner is "SODIUM HYDROXIDE", which removes the anodization. It is commonly found in oven cleaners, such as "EZ OFF". I did use gloves and took the pictures from my phone during the process which is the reason I don't have more of them-- it became a pain, going back and forth cleaning my hands, taking off gloves, taking pics, etc...

When the anodization was removed I also rinsed the pieces with vinegar and lemon juice briefly to neutralize the acid before rinsing in water w/soap.

4). The sanding is necessary if you are looking for the mirror finish - it really depends on how far you want to go with it. I sanded the entire thing. The keyboard ended up being a real ***** because (and again, im not sure if it is because I used Purple Power instead of Greased Lightning for that part), the anodization did not come off 100% on the dock part with just the cleaner.

5). Although it was a bit tricky, the key removal process wasn't too bad, but it of course requires patience and its important to be careful. The keyboard is glued to the palmrest (top) portion of the dock and the board and everything else is screwed to the base of the dock.

After removing the screws (2 only under the back feet) under the feet I used a guitar pick to carefully unlatch/separate the dock - starting from the back.

After the dock was opened, the keyboard was attached to the board by a ribbon cable that looks the same as you would expect on a standard laptop keyboard. I attempted to raise the lock lever to release the keyboard ribbon connector, but it seemed like it was glued or stationary, so I decided to leave it alone to avoid breaking anything. ---As I was separating the keyboard from the palmrest, the ribbon cable slipped out, but I was able to finesse it back in without messing with the lock/latch and it works fine.

At this point, I went back to using the guitar pick to gently finesse the keyboard away from the palmrest portion that was to be polished. The two are attached with a fairly strong adhesive and just require patience. I used a heatgun during the process, but it didn't seem to really help at all anyways.

---From their on, I polished it, used superglue to reattach the palmrest to the keyboard, reassembled everything and I was good to go!