Originally Posted by cyclotoine
I used spray can stripper with poor results. I later learned that you need to cover the frame with a grabage bag or tarp so that it doesn't evaporate. I don't think anyone has mentioned that and it is important... I spent was too much time painting a frame and the metallic paint looked 100 times better than the solid colour which ran easily and did not look very even. I never wet sanded though, maybe I should have. My next job I am simply sanding the frame and usuing a textured enamel that is not supposed to require primer or clear coat. I thought about how I was going to treat the frame for a long time but now that I have found one of the drop outs had cracked and been welded and I have butchered the shimano 600 propriety shifter braze-ons to fit DT adapters for bar mounted shifters I am not too concerned how it turns out.
The stripper I used is called Zip Strip Trigger Spray. It is a semi paste that you put in a supplied spray bottle that comes with it. It is a liquid when you pour it in the bottle, and when you spray it on the frame it turns into a gel. No problems what so ever with drying or evaporating Ate the paint very rapidly. It took two or three coats in most spots, but was way faster and easier than sanding.