I fly often and have personally never had a problem. Tsa have never hassled me and I go thru check with mod, tank, dripper, spare battery, and two 30ml bottles of juice in my check bag
Lol nevermind that. It may mess up your outside coating. Think the wire wheel might be your best bet. Everything I know of that will strip it might also get on the outside of the mod and that want be good
We use zip-strip at work. Its an industrial paint remover. Might give that a try if you can find some. We use it to strip paint off engines during rebuilds.
I love eBay. Just have to use your head. Past 10 years I've been burned once on there. I'm sure it'll happen again but I've had a great success record with eBay deals. Usually my go to when I can't find it anywhere else
Drill press. Need titanium diamond tip bit. That's about all I use in my press. B&d for handdrills and odd an in stuff. They also make a bit extractor.