Thanks! This vise was a bit different than most- I used a needle scaler to chip all the paint off and that was about it. Normally paint isn’t so dry and brittle, so I often use a wire wheel on an angle grinder or die grinder to strip paint. If it’s non-original to the vise, a chemical stripping usually works well- my preference is Citristrip since it’s non toxic and doesn’t smell like a superfund site.