Alrighty I have some new pictures from some work today! Check these out. Here is my before and after of the cylinders. They were hideous when I took off the heads. Things were in great shape but just had a lot of residue on the pistons. The gasket left behind some material that I really had to work at with some razor blades.
And here is a closeup of how clean I got the block. I'm not going to lie, it's hard to get it this clean and it took a couple hours. It was really bad from the start. At least now it's going to stay clean as dirt and sand won't stick to it near as easily as before. Excuse the rusty bolts as they will be dealt with. I always put bolts back in their holes when disassembling so I don't forget where they went.
