Phil,

I cleaned restored a 1957 Crestliner that may have been in the same
condition you describe. I did most of it with sandpaper and an air powered
osciliting sander. I also did some parts of it with chemical stripper.

When removing the paint with the sandpaper, I noticed that while I was
working on stubborn areas I removed material from rivit heads and areas
already free of paint . You want to leave as much metal as possible.

If I had it to do all over again, I would do more with the chemical
stripper. I would remove the bulk of the paint with the stripper. Makes
sure that rinse off the chemical residue completly. Finish finer sandpaper
before painting

Note that this is good time to replace "iffy" rivits.

You can see what I was up to at:
www.retrocrestliner.com
See Viewer photos page 16.

Best of luck with your project,

Mark Browne

"Phil" woohoo wrote in message news:40b93ac7@news1...
hi folks from australia

1992 model centre console aluminium "tinny" as we call them down here, has
fairly bad paint all over.
Any thoughts very welcomed about best way to fix...is sandblasting best
option?, what other
ways are there to get the old stuff off.