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@james1234
I know you've already done it, but just a word of advice for anyone who has to do the same.
When needing to break something in such as a seatpost pin when the paint is thick, take a hair-dryer (for 20 seconds or so on the paint) and then very carefully follow the circle round with a needle, this will weaken the paint where you'd most like it to crack.
A lot of NJS frames are candy, meaning they are either silver then painted over with the desired colour, chromed or walnut treated, so when you chip the paint, usually a big chunk comes off.