how to remove painted on letters?

the previous owner has the AZ numbers painted on and now i needed to removed them. Does anyone know what i could use to remove these numbers without messin the boat up. One person told me to use oven cleaner. Has anyone tried this or heard of trying this? Any help/advice would be appreciated.

Oven cleaner works great. Don't buy the kind that "is better smelling". Buy the old basic stuff. Might take a couple of applications, but works great and doesn't harm the gel.

Mandelon had pretty good luck with some stuff from home depot.
Here's the thread.
http://www.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55109

thanks for the help guys....the link helps a lot. :)

3M rubbing compound for marine use and lots of elbow grease! Works everytime..

DA sander? :rolleyes: I agree oven cleaner would be the best.

There is a thread on this subject also in the "how to" forum.