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Jim Morton

I prefer "TalStrip", but it's only sold through an auto body shop supply. Jasco Epoxy remover works OK, but the Tal Strip takes less rounds of application and scraping.

YMMV

Fabio421

Brake fluid works really well to remove powder coating but you better make damn sure you get it all off before recoating.

blown 87

Go to NAPA and get a five gallon can of carb cleaner, it will take paint off of anything.

JHowell37

I think the gasket remover is some kind of paint stripper.

Mike Frye

Sterling,

Be careful what you wish for. The valve covers on my car and a few others I've seen up close were all cast in what looks like the same (really bad) mold. They used a huge amount of some kind of green filler primer (same kind of thing on the phone dials btw) to cover up some serious casting issues. If you strip you may remove more than you want off of there and then you have a whole new set of problems.

borland

I used epoxy paint remover which is one of the cheapest and quickest chemicals to remove powder coatings. Just be careful about not breathing the fumes.

If I did it again, I'd pay someone to bead blast or strip the paint.

syoo8

What about just dropping it off at a powdercoater? They'll bead blast it and fill the imperfections (the magnesium casting sucked on mine) and powdercoat it. I think it was $75 for the pair for me.

SeanR

I've found that taking a palm sander (detail type) initially gets most of the hardened factory enamel off and makes getting the rest off in the blasting cabinet much easier.

Sterling, bring them to the gathering and I'll take care of them for you.

blown 87

Yes, it is, but at a low % of methylene chloride, most paint removers are at or below 20%, and the big cans of carb cleaner are way higher that that.