Yeah @johnag
Get yourself comfortable jumping in and out of linear when appropriate.
ACEScg - ArriLogC or ACEScg - ACEScct
One of my favourite clean-up/beauty techniques is using the high pass filter
How to use Highpass
You can’t do this in a linear colourspace. Also tracking and resize work better non linear.
I am available in a timezone very close to you @johnag 
Reach out to me anytime.