Thin Man, the raspberry colored paint that was on there was an Imron product. I used a spray on product that's known as aircraft stripper. Not sure if I still have the can .. I'll check, I bought it at an auto parts store. I masked off the panels with light weigh cardboard, then covered that with duct tape. The decals were in such nice shape and the blue was lovely, so I decided it was worth the effort. I test sprayed under the bottom bracket, it instantly curled up into flakes. There was no goop left, just the dried up and falling off paint. I sprayed the whole frame, waited 10 minutes and then blew off all the residue with my compressed air. It came off like pastry crust! After that, I washed it all down with soapy water .... the whole process took no more that a half hour.

I'm not sure why it was so easy, perhaps the type of paint or maybe the aircraft stripper. Or perhaps because the paint was over chrome?

Thanks again,

Scott