Stripping paint and prepping car for paint

Try to get a stripper with ethylene chloride and methanol. And be sure to wear glasses, heavy gloves, and an air mask! The mask is just as important as the other two! I think I used about two gallons. And I used a metal treatment called OSPHO. Kept the bare metal from rusting plus you can paint over it even after several weeks. I used a DA sander with 80 grit on the large flat areas. Got tired of dealing with the stripper. Man, that stuff will BURN you! Really needed stripper on the tight areas where I could not get a sander easy. Also used a sharpened putty knife to peel the stuff off. Also used the knife on areas where paint was softened up but not soft enough to come off super easy. The knife worked out great, just used it near the end of my job. Wished I had used it sooner. Oh, before I forget, try to get a "gel" type stripper. That way it will hang on to the vertical sides like fenders with out running off to the floor, less waste.