Restoration on a VMC 27

[Repsol17]

It's in relatively excellent shape, with the exception of couple dime size dings on the side edge of the front door that opens up for loading.  The mechanical parts, the timing arm, carrier, carrier drive, rollers, coin dispenser ect. works smoothly and perfect.  The cooling system was just sent out for restoration and I'll be doing the rest.

My questions, with this being the first coke machine I'm restoring, with a cavalier 96 in queue are.......

1) Would it be safe to lightly sand blast these internal mechanical parts to rid themselves of years of grime and deposits or is there another preferred and recommended way of cleaning ?

2) What was the original finish of the front left and right doors and the bottle receiver trim ring ?  Previously these were repainted silver.  Did they just have a raw material finish? plated or buffed and polished ?

Thanks in advance for and help

[Ltransam]

First
Nice looking machine .it’s almost to clean to restore .But

I believe the machine is made of aluminum but check me on that as I’ve never owned one . The rest of the parts you’re talking about like the coin mech and other smalls a lot of people soak them in simple green . The outer doors were not polished that I can remember more like just a clean raw finish .I’ve seen them polished and Chromed .if you want that look .

Keep us up dated !

[Repsol17]

Thanks, and you're correct with being made of aluminum.  The doors and trim ring appear to have been raw, from what I can see under the previous spray paint.

Will update for sure