i use this stuff
I would advise against powder coating anything, chips are not practical to repair and water will eventually get under the plastic where any bolts go once you've had them off a few times
I'd recommend emerying them down to 1200 and clear lacquer, looks great and can be repaired, assuming you were planning on painting them silver 👍
Yes, I've got the paint I used to respray the rear footpeg hangers, plus etch primer and clear coat to use, it was mostly just how to get the old and very battered paint off easiest that I was concerned about.
Yep since the banning of whatever the good ingredient was in nitromorse paint stripping has become a laborious chore but if you have the time to sit in a cold garage with some emery the results are worth the effort
it depends on the quality of finish you're looking for, personally my spare winter bike can have gaffer tape and cable ties holding it together 😄
Instead of stripping the paint couldn't you rub down the blistering paint then use a filler primer before finishing with top coat.
I'm in Portsmouth. There are probably people who do blasting down here, but I'd like to try to do it myself if I can.