Stripping off old paint to find old military markings

[cantankrs]

Hi,

Looks like you chaps have this pretty well covered. The paint stripper and technique in the G503 thread seems to work.

I'd just like to add that I've been told that soda blasting (sodium bicarbonate I believe) is able, when done correctly, to remove coatings by layers. A relative has a boatyard and they had to recondition a burnt out engine room in a steel ship and they were amazed at the ability of the mob they got in to do the soda blasting. But at a price of course...

Good Luck

Cheers

Alex