Removing paint

Posted by Sugaree On 2011/4/25 10:01:43

What is everyone's prefered method of removing paint/primer? My '39 has what looks like 2 coats of primer on top of a coat of black lacquer on top of another coat of primer. Finally all of that is on top of what appears to be the original Packard Blue lacquer. So that makes 5 layers I guess.

I have a random-orbit sander with 80 grit paper. That has been doing pretty well, but it is still slow going. I also have a small syphon fed blaster for smaller parts (I know not to use it on large pieces of sheetmetal).

Several people I've talked to have recommended aircraft stripper. Has anyone used this? What are the pros and cons?