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[Cliff]

Mike, 

I have stripped two cars using the standard Aviation Stripper available
through your local FLAPS.  There are water based strippers that work much
slower.  I have never used them.  

The first car was a 20 year old, (at the time) Nova that the paint was
literally burned off by the sun on all the top surfaces.  It took me just a
couple of evenings to strip it.  The second is the 66 Monza I am currently
working on.  It is going much, much slower.  This car has two coats of
paint, maybe more and is really slow going.

Pros and cons.  

Pros:  You don't run the risk of warping panels by over-heating which is
possible with sanders and grinders.  
Also, you won't have any media lying around in the various crevices of the
car.
You can do it at home on your schedule. 

Cons:  It will burn the skin off you, so wear protective clothing.
It can/will melt plastic.  You should remove all trim, plastic, chrome and
stainless.
It stinks.
In some states it can be difficult to dispose of according to regulations. 

I always wear goggles and usually the nitrile gloves.  Wear long pants and
shirts to cover as much skin as possible.  It's not always easy to wait, but
you really do need to wait at least 15-20 minutes in some cases before you
scrape it off.  Let it do the work for you.  If you have two or more layers
of paint, you may need two and sometimes three applications. 

Be sure to thoroughly wash the residue off with clean water.  I wrap the
crusted paint/stripper debris in old newspaper and dispose of it in the
weekly trash.  I haven't been able to find any reasonable alternative here. 

Pics at:  http://www.tibweb.com/gallery/200706/20070623t-index.html

Others will have different opinions, I am sure. 

Good luck, 

Cliff Tibbitts
Lexington, KY