The method with plate glass on heads works well.
I use the Norton oxide paper (just one sheet, per head) in my ghetto yard
Stage1 shows how bad the surface variations were between the chambers:
(plate glass also shown, but 1/4" is minimum you want to go, and must check glass for flatness before proceeding)
Stage 2 shows most of the imperfections gone:
Stage 3 and 4 came afterwards...