Abstract: A bath (19) for stripping a cured electrophoretic resist coating (13) consists of a mixture comprising 0.2-50% of a fluoro-containing acetic acid, less than one percent corrosion inhibitors, and 50-99.8% of an amide solvent, preferably a cyclic amide. The amide solvent is preferably N-methylpyrrolidone, and the acid is preferably trifluoroacetic acid.