On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:23:20 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm,
Gerald Miller quickly quoth:

Best paint stripper I ever found was trichlorethylene. Drop the
painted item into a pan of tri' , wait a half hour and lift the item
out sans paint.

I use (and can reuse quite a few times) lacquer thinner for removing
paint from hinges and knobs in house repainting times. It works just
as well and nearly as quickly.

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"Not always right, but never uncertain." --Heinlein
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