I’ve stripped the paint off light aircraft in the past.
We used Daysic (spelling??) It was horrible stuff. Get it on your skin and it burnt. Get it on your clothes and they stank and despite washing you couldn’t shift the smell.
It was “painted” on with brushes and if the paint was applied properly in the first place or not baked on though years it would bubble and fall off in sheets – odd to watch. Failing that it was out with glass paper/wet ‘n’ dry and rub it off. Potentially a long job.
Once the paint was off the aircraft we would then wash down the plane with cold fresh water. and sweep up the residue and dispose of where told (in a certain bit I think it was)
It was a job that HAD to be done in a well ventillated area.
OAW
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