Maybe I did something close to what this VKer did except I used no transformer on the G1 circuit since the G1 was already activated with the TV on during my process.
http://www.videokarma.org/archive/in.../t-257458.html
It appears that the Trinitron cathodes, being paper thin, can actually be cleaned by non destructive CRT whacking with a full on rejuvenation, but merely by burning the cathodes clean with extreme heater voltage. In sessions.
Not sure how or why, but heck, it worked, and unlike Alastair's design, I was actually seeing this happen since it was on ar the time.