Hey hey fellas. I stumbled upon an old Metal-matic P200 at an auction that had been sitting for years. Poor thing was locked up tight with rust, but for $15.00 I just had to bring it home with me. Of course I forgot to take any before pictures though. In short order I got all the parts freed up and broke it down. All the steel parts got shined up and blued nice and pretty. Now I’ve got the aluminum tool head and base that have a baked on metal flake paint on it. A good deal of the paint flakes right off with a razor scraper but then about 20% is still on there good or in unscrapable nooks and crannies. I don’t want to get too aggressive with it since it’s aluminum.
What would be a good chemical remover that will pull off the baked on paint and won’t damage the aluminum?
Any opinions on what would be a good durable paint to put back on it?