Here's my issue. I live in Florida and have multiple Andersen exterior lockset handles which have weathered very poorly. The cost of replacing each handle is approximately $75 (insane). And I can't replace them with another manufacturer's locksets due to the unique mechanism of these doors (wind rated with built in locking mechanisms).

I was thinking that I could easily purchase an inexpensive sandblasting cabinet and sandblast them. I was thinking I could then either find someone to electroplate them, or could somehow figure out how to do it myself.

Is this crazy, or is there potential in this approach?