I'm not aware of any specific guides for curing live rock but I'm sure there's some on here.
When I started my tank I ordered 200lbs of uncured fiji live rock from my LFS. By getting it uncured I was able to get it for $2.22 per lb compared to the usual $4.99.
Mine was packed from the whole seller the LFS did not put it in their tanks at all. Here's a picture of it in the box.
Rock in tank before scrubbing.
I originally hadn't read that you were supposed to scrub the rock of any decaying matter so I just threw it all in the tank. Later I ended up removing each piece and giving it a good scrub and replacing it. This helped remove some of that large chunks of dead matter accelerating the process.
I had ordered more rock than I wanted so I could cherry pick the pieces to keep. The excess rocks were sold back to my LFS when they were all cured. Trading in the rock as cured live rock gave me enough credit to negate the price of the excess rock but I was able to get rid of the ugly pieces.
Once my cycle was complete I started seeing a lot of life popping out of the rocks. I never got any big hitchhikers like crabs or an octopus but I certainly got the usual share of pods, stomatellas, stars and bristleworms.