Stripping old paint

[robbz28]

I am in month 7 of my 67 mustang restoration. I am restoring this car as a driver, not a show pony. Also, the facilities I have been using to do this at is only as available, so my restoration hasnt been in the most ideal order. I really wanted to have the car stripped down and then media blasted, but unfortunately it just didnt work out that way. I have replaced the suspension, brakes, engine bay restored, put the engine/trans back in, overhauled the rear, steering, and the a/c unit is coming in next week. I am putting a lot of new panels on the car (fenders, hood, valance, trunk lid, rear valance) The remaining paint is actually in decent shape (base coat clear coat) but I want it gone. Does anyone have any experience stripping off old paint with chemical stripper? If so, whats the best out there? Or if someone has a better idea i would gladly consider it. Thanks

 

[other_shoe]

A couple of years back there was a good thread on this.

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/687074-how-strip.html

 

[gr8one]

chemical strippers are messy i use a razor blade scraper. works really good. after strippinf i da sand to the metal 180 grit.

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[gr8one]

heres another pic. this only took about an hour.

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[robbz28]

Wow, that looks like a lot of agonizing fun....but thanks for the alternative, i might start off with that and move on to the stripper if that dont yield the results i like.