Re-hone or New Rings?

Actually it was something a machinist I worked for told me about. It's not for engines with high mileage whose bores are shot. It's for engines that were rebuilt and maybe are being freshened, or who's bores are in decent shape already. Light abrasive, light oil. It basically cleans out the low spots of the earlier hone without adding to the piston to wall clearance. The last step of a modern fresh hone is a brush to create the plateau finish for the moly-faced rings. Scotchbrite simply does a milder version on the existing plateau surface. If you're not going to address any out of round or taper there's not much of a reason to do much else. A dingle ball leaves a rough surface and the finers stones will not contact the worn wall surface well anyway which is why I'd advise just to use iron faced rings on that. So this is a "cheap and charming" deal. It works great. It's better IMO than honing the **** out of a trashed bore and making it more uneven and so rough the moly will just get torn off anyway.
If someone thinks otherwise that's cool. It's still a free country.