stripping paint safely

[merlin]

I have just bought an RGA jota (thanks scrumpy) that I am going to paint ,stripping it down today one of the sidepanels had a couple of cracks on investigation it has between 12 to 15 coats of paint hence the cracks , does anyone have any suggestions as to the best the best way to remove the paint other than spending hours rubbing them down and that wont affect the panels
thanks
dave

 

[tstrainer]

I dislike composite friendly paint strippers esp on hard to replace panels, at work we use a soft blast media like walnut shell. With carefully control air pressure it will strip the paint a layer at a time. Mechanical sanding is time consuming but at least it's safe and hard to fuck up......too badly.                   Tim

 

[Davo]

Took all my painted bits to a specialist guy who does chemical cleaning, paint stripping, anodising, cad plating etc.

Whacked it all in a tank of chemicals and all came out clean as new. a week later. Don't know what he uses but it worked and I didn't have to do anything (except pay).