<VV> Stripping cars

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Oddly, I think, no one has mentioned using heat as a prelude to the 
scraper -- some, not all, paint can be adequately softened with a hot 
air gun to scrape/peel easily, and of course, to maximize your toxic 
fume production, you could use the controlled direct flame approach 
(Vairs aren't Fieros or Vettes) - avoid combining with the last option 
below.

And, if you have a particularly flaky paint job to start with, sometimes 
you can blow it off with high pressure air or a commercial power washer 
/ steam cleaner.  The next step is to temporarily turn your paint booth 
area into a media blast cabinet and invest in your own baking soda / 
walnut shell device.

Those Scotch-Brite wheels & pads strip paint pretty well too -- both the 
ones designed for rotary air tool use and the ones that look like an 
electric drill wire wheel tool -- paint shops will (probably) have a 
separate mandrel / pack of discs product, whereas the hardware stores 
have a mandrel with every disc.

I always liked a lacquer thinner / acetone mix ...  not the best paint 
stripper, but I liked it anyway, duh ... (note the use of past tense verbs)

Bill Strickland