should i strip or sand
 

i have an old bruiser body and it needs a paint job for its rebirth and im

kinda scared to put thinner on it because i tried taking the tires off my

stock rims my useual way with a coffe can and some 50% nitro like i have

done dozens of times before and i chesked on them at lunch and they

were like march mellos

please help my delema strim paint or sand?

depends how many coats were applied on to that body

stripping is always best imo

I think you will find brake fluid will make the body brittle and less durable. It does depend on how many coats to be honest, I personally would suggest sanding it, Yes I know it will take longer except there is no chance of damaging the body like strippers or fluid will do.
Cheers
Dave

EZ-OFF is your friend. Yellow can is what your after, its the strong stuff.

I agree with Mirage. I've done Eazy off on my clod, Sand Scocher, pajero and mu shells and none of them had ever warped or were made brittle. I also used it on my Jugg shell too. If it works on those then your bruiser is a piece of cake.

lauquer thinner is fine for spray cans enamels and uncleared bases, but will not work with a good hard clear, but still wont hurt the plastic, and regualr automotive strippers will do fine, if you sand it out you will loose some of the detail in the body so you have to be very very carefull

also if you have acsess to a sand blaster a soft media will take the paint off and leave the body intack

ithink an airetcher might do the trick for the small stuff

thanks
 

thanks for all the help i will try light sanding and ez off. because i have sand paper at my disposal il poast pics after im done

my only worrys are makeing sure the ez off and or brake cleaner are very well cleaned off with an wax grease remover or similar cleaning substance, hot water and soap usually work very well

ez off is also more suited for anodizing.... but give it a shot and post up what happens

as said before easy off in the yellow can works great. In the cracks between the hood,finders,doors and windshield take a tooth pic to get the caked on paint it may take a few times but easy off will work