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chemtech
Ok, thanks for all the suggestions, however:
No one actually addressed my question, so let me clarify:
Most of the holders are the real Graflex type with aluminum on the pull ends, and wooden rails. The aluminum has been painted over multiple times covering previous owners holder numbers. That is the part I want to strip (Kevin, I never mentioned "sanding") and the question was, if a particular type of paint was preferred for those, or if, since they aren't really in contact with anything, any paint would work. As for the rails, I don't plan on doing anything to them as far as "painting" them or actually doing anything to them. They appear to have been stained or ebonized, and have only a minimal finish (a light oil or maybe a coat of wax, or maybe left natural).
I realize that it would probably be a better idea to just buy new, or get good used ones, but I'm recently retired and am just getting back into analog photography so I have the time to mess with restoring the camera and film holders. And I'm one of those people who has over the years "restored" a house (after a fire), maintained a rental or two, and restored a '55 Chevy, so I thought I'd try a camera. I think I have the skillset and tools to at least, try.
LabRat -- Interesting handle -- I recently retired from 45 years as a Registered Medical Technologist, with most of my work in Clinical Chemistry hence my Chemtech handle ("LabRat" was taken).
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