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If anyone has used a certain product/chemical that worked amazingly, please do tell!


Years ago, 20+, I used this stuff:
http://www.3m.com/US/auto_marine_aero/Bondo/catalog_item0969.html?itemNbr=235

At least that's the closest I could find to what I remembered using. I tried a lot of other chemical paint stripper products, and nothing else came close to working as well.

That said, unless you have several paint jobs worth of paint to remove, three or more, you are usually better off sanding. Everywhere you strip chemically, still has to be sanded. If you leave any trace of stripper residue, the new paint on top will do something you don't like. That goes for all the lesser stripper products too.

If you apply stripper to paint, and that paint doesn't all come off, then it must be completely removed because it has absorbed some of the stripper and will cause problems later if painted over.

I would say that there are few cases where chemical strippers are less work than just sanding.