The 'Dettol Trick' worked like a charm, the paint literally FELL off!


Here's the bodyshell in the Dettol stripping tank. I suspect that the tank's job in life has now irrevocably changed.......


As seen directly after removal from the stripping tank. The red outline shows where my thumbprint was, and you can just see a trace of it left.

But after a session with an old toothbrush and plenty of water it's totally gone, and so has all the paint, primer as well.
It's left it slightly sticky so I plan to give it a rub over with some thinners before re-priming and re-painting it. Luckily I can mask off on the door panel lines and the rear edge of the roof so there shouldn't be too much of a paint line showing.