I'm afraid that my response is one of those useless ones which frequent BB's, however, I do have some expensive experience here.
After wanting to secure a second front bumper for my car I came across a genuine one that required a small amount of remedial work to correct a few cracks and bits and bobs to get it perfect before respraying.
The bodyshop that did the work for me said that the bumper itself is very strong and of a high quality. They found there to be a few finer, potentially more fragile area's, however, around the carbon fibre joins and specifically on the clips where the front plastic radiator protector grill attaches to the bumper.
They stripped it back to bare before respraying and had no issues. So as I say this is a bit useless as I do not know what method they used to remove the paint, but as they are a 'normal' local repair garage I'd stay it was a standard one.
They did laugh a lot at the price I paid for my non perfect front bumper (£2000) and even more so at the near £4000 for a brand new one.
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