Stripping powder coat

Righty Tighty said

I agree with the acetone statement. When I screw up a part, a quick acetone bath and it comes right off. Wish Leanna was still around to give her input...

@harrisonm Does a lot of powdercoating, maybe he has some different insight?

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Eastwood sells a Powder Coat remover that is a gel and is very similar to paint remover. It works pretty well. I have tried it a few times. 99% of the time I just sand blast it off. I use ground glass. I usually use the medium grit. It leaves a good surface. If you don't have access to a blasting cabinet or someone locally, try a quart can of the stuff from Eastwood.

One other thing to consider. The current powder coating on your parts can be sanded like primer. Depending on how the surface is, you can use some 320 dry and then 320 and 400 wet. If you feel you do not need to start with dry paper, just start with 320 wet and then move on to 400 wet. You might want to use a few coats of rattle can primer (the good lacquer based Rustoleum or Duplicolor Automotive primer). Give it 48 hours to outgas and then wet sand lightly and paint. A decent base of powder coating can serve as a good base for paint or primer/paint.