Just to be sure, you used "furniture stripper" to remove the paint from the frame and the anodizing on the chainrings (followed by drill powered wire wheel)? Do you mean a stripper for wood? Was there a brand you used?

I have to strip a frame before adding braze-ons and was planning on using steel wool. Since it will be sand blasted then powder coated I don't have to do the whole frame nor do I have to be perfect but very interested in the idea of cleaning anodizing off chainrings because I'm not fan of the look of black ones.