The last one wasn't as bad as this one, and I had about 14 hours of sanding into it. I might use a gasket disc on my die grinder this time around. It has a bunch of rubber nubs that are intended to strip away gasket without damaging mating surfaces, such as cylinder heads, intake manifolds, etc. I am hoping it might cut down on some of the labor intensive rough sanding, and just allow me to do a nice hand sand with fine grit to finish it off :happysad: