[JA]

Originally Posted by sj777

My thoughts at this stage are to wet and dry sand the old paint off back to bare aluminium and then flock it with some material flocking this time rather than paint.

I'd be interested in thoughts on this plan. Any suggestionson sandpaper grade etc?

Thanks

You could also consider some carefully applied paint stripper, safety mask, etc.... to remove the paint. I agree that flocking would be better.

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JA