>.... I've now tried all the recipes with hardly any success.... Are you really certain the paint is on the surface? Can you _easily_ scratch it with a knife blade? If you can then the foam Easy-Off should work, but if you can't then your trouble is just beginning. On our boat the prior owners had the name painted and then a clear coat sprayed over top across the whole transom. We had trouble finding anyone commercially willing to touch the project. The independent people all told us how simple it was, but they wouldn't take it on due to EPA spray booth restrictions. The big yards with the appropriate painting facilities either refused to touch the job or wanted $1-2K to just remove the old name and clear coat the transom again. I was willing to wet sand the coating and the paint off myself, but I didn't want to try to repaint the clear coat. (My painting skill is restricted to areas that nobody will be able see afterwards.) We finally decided that we had enough "real" projects on a new boat without getting bogged down in this one and that the original name could be lived with for the moment. Bill Martin Telegraph Hill (....still...)