My eyes! My eyes!!!!!

I remember seeing those on CL awhile back....... in MO, if I recall.

How gummy is the paint? If it's not gummy, I'd try sanding it off. If the paint didn't stick real well, a sharp razor blade my take much of it off, with out too much trouble...... maybe a gasket scraper. I'm just throwing out ideas. If I were doing it myself, It would be trial and error to find the right method.

If I were to use a chemical, I'd probably try one of the newer "safe" chemicals. They tend to lift paint one layer at a time, and I think that may be to your benefit if you've just got one layer of nasty paint......... you don't find pink, and then lime green underneath the orange.

If I were repainting, I think I'd find a nice pre-mixed grey that I liked, or experiment mixing white and black. Probably a flat black, adding gloss white until I was happy. I don't think Altec was super sensitive about the particular grey they used. It's been mentioned that they used the grey that meets the standard for electrical equipment, but I don't know how to find that........ I don't know what the standard is called.

The high frequency horns could be media blasted if you've got a local shop that does it cheap. I'd bet that the good old fashioned "unsafe" paint strippers would work well on them, too........ shouldn't be too bad a job since they're metal. Some people poweder coat them after being cleaned of the old finish, but I don't think I'd bother with the expense. Flat or satin black spray paint should be fine....... I say should be, becasue I've never actually painted mine after blasting. After that, you can work on dampening them if you'd like. We've had a couple of good examples here on the board lately...... one using silicone in the cavity up front, somebody did wax.... or was thinking about it. Also latex paint and sand on the outside is an old trick, but has been recently done. When I first read of the paint and sand, I thought it sounded hokey, but it actually looks pretty decent. Then there is also Aquaplas (Anti-vibe) that Altec used on large format horns. We've recently had a discussion about it, but it's pricey compared to the other options.