I saw a writeup on another forum about stripping the paint from a set of sawblades so I decided to do it with my spare stockers.
I was amazed at what it did for them! I hit it with the stripper, brushed the gunk off with a nylon bristle brush and water, and this is what I got...
Stock painted left ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Raw stripped right
it seems the paint is covering up a very nice machined aluminum finish...if you are running stocker sawblades, I highly recommend this simple easy mod.