Environmentally friendly paint stripper?

JOHN,Is there such a thing? yes there is ,and its bloody
useless,i paint for a living and have tried this "green"stripper twice now..its very slow reacting to any paint.....
sellys stripper in the yellow tin is good ..but very toxic!...
Is the paint on the trailer faded/splitting or cracking??

Hello MrBitchi

Just because concentrated stripper is nasty to paint and fingers doesn't mean that dilute stripper is bad for the environment . I know of one aircraft operator who has stripped aircraft for years and hosed the stripper off the concrete onto the grass and the grass there is healthier than the rest of the surrounding grass . Just be careful that it is well diluted before it leaves the immediate area .

Hi John..I once had a similar situation, and found a high pressure steam cleaner did the job.
Or, if it is enamel try using a heat gun and gentle use of a razor blade scraper. But stripper will be necessary in spots you can't clean manually...Good Luck.

john,dulux make a product that will bind paint together..
up to eight layers thick !! bind sealer ,but before u put that on..
scrape of what paint u can ,sand with eighty grit ,then apply
sealer.....i think for memory u have to leave sealer on for about
12 hours for it to penetrate.....sand again 120 grit(lightly)
and paint....2 pack,or enemal with enemal hardner in it....
hope this helps................

I would just get it sand blasted, much better and quicker job.

It would be a lot cheaper to.

Lot of work using paint striper and also the preparation for painting.

I would not worry to much about loosing the galv as modern primers are very good.

When we did our Trak Shak it cost use about $200.00 to sandblast, we used a good high quality etch primer.

We have heaps of stone chips underneath but it has not gone through the primer.

I agree that anything "green" or made for the domestic market is useless. I have used stripper from work which got between my glove and arm and burned with intense pain before i even knew it and by the time i whipped my glove off and washed my arm it resulted in some scarring which lasted for about 6 months ha ha. It worked well as you can imagine.
I would ask a panelbeater what they use and get the strongest stripper available. Paint stripping is a damned messy terrible job so you want the product to work and work quickly, and the first time too... it can become painstaking if you have to keep on re-applying after scraping.
Anther recommendation is to get a screwdriver or similar and scratch up the paint first. This will allow the stripper to get under the stubborn paint and lift it.
Good luck and wear rubber gloves and definitely eye protection.