Scott...

Go to Home Depots paint section, they have some aerosol stripper that'll literally "melt" the old paint off that cover... I use it when I come across old brass face plates with 100 years of paint coated on them... they clean up really nice! (Wear gloves with this stuff though... It's borderline caustic!)
The reason I pulled the one I have is because the disconnect switch wasn't functional for some reason & someone had tried to jumper past it & the whole thing was pretty much a mess.... The big whoppin 3 circuits he had are now under the safe control of a Siemens 100A 240V meter main... No more 30A outlet circuts! [Linked Image]

-Randy

PS.. This was the job I "learned" about Santa Ana's overhead/underground panel requirement! [Linked Image] [Linked Image]