That cabinet is powder coated and it's going to be really resistant to
paint removal. Sand blasting that thing with a good blaster would take
quite awhile, with a HF POS it would be very difficult depending on if
you have the necessary CFM available. It will also make the most godawful
mess you've ever seen. Basically, you'll cover about a city block with
sand and paint dust. Chemical removers will work but are very unpleasant
to work with.

What I suggest is to entirely strip the thing and then redo the outside
with hi-temp paint. The easiest way to strip it is to build a nice charcoal
fire inside using 5-10 pounds of charcoal, and when that's done, it should
be easy to wire brush off the residue, wipe it down with thinner, blow it
clean, and paint. The inside should be thoroughly cleaned before painting
the outside, of course.

GWE

Ignoramus29670 wrote:
I have this enclosure

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/ferrups-meat-smoker/

and I would like to remove paint from inside, and to preserve paint
on the outside.

The reason why I want to remove the inside paint (and replace it with
a BBQ grill paint) is food safety. I do not know what kind of paint it
is. The expected temps inside are going to be about 250 degrees max.

The reason why I want to keep the outside paint is for looks and to
prevent rust.

I think that I have a few alternatives.

1. A wire brush on a drill.

2. Sandblasting. Can I do it relatively inexpensively with a
harbor freight compressor? We have a HF store nearby and perhaps I
could buy some sand blaster kit, which I would then keep for future
projects. I know nothing about sand blasting.

The advantage of a wire brush approach is that I do not have to drive
to harbor freight, spend money and time on that, but it is a time
consuming task nevertheless.

thanks

i