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all forms of stripping have some good and some bad about them.
when I had the restoration shop we would have to decide on what and how the panels of a car would need to be stripped.
some cars we would have dipped stripped this was a ok way to strip every bit of the car. the down side is it also strips the things like the inner rockers. the car would get a dipping treatment after the finish was removed to prevent rusting. the problem with dipping is the finish on the inner panels will tend to settle at the bottom of the panels not having anyway for the old finish to get washed out.
media blasting is also a good way there are many different medias from very aggressive to very none aggressive medias. with media blasting you can also use a few different medias when blasting the same car. one to remove the finish and others that are more aggressive to remove rust. the problem is no matter how much you try and mask off and plug holes so the media doesn't fill the inner panels it still does.
chemical paint strippers like auto aircraft are very good also for stripping some things.
sadly may states now can no longer get the old good stripper.
this type of stripper will do nothing to deal with rust. so you will have to deal with any rust you find after stripping. it's a good way to strip the top or outer surfaces of panels but not so good to strip things like the undersides of hoods. they also don't work well with non 2K finishes.
Machine stripping is yet another way to strip panel. this does work well but does use lots of sand paper and takes time. it's not aggressive so you run little chance of ruining a part or panel.
it's best to strip with nothing more aggressive than a 80 grit not to damage the substrate by putting marks and scratches in it.
there is no quick easy or low cost way to strip a panel or car. every way has good and bad about them and they all suck!
at times we would start to strip a panel one way then because it wasn't working to well we would switch to another way.
At times we would also do things like chemical strip the out side of a panel then take the panel outside to our media blasting tent and media blast the finish off the inside.
so even on the same panel you may not want to strip it down using the same method.
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