Labor intensive to be sure, but he had all the right stuff for doing it, especially the sand blast cabinet.
Hours wise, I think it would have been quite a bit cheaper to buy a new one, but where's the fun in that?
Pretty sure with 3.7 million views he knew what he was doing with that impressively put together video and has been well compensated for it.
That powder coating looked bloody impressive.....I'd like a sandblasting cabinet and a powder coater!