If your going back to bare metal paint strip the car. It will save you hours of painfull sanding and give you a good place to start (fresh
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When using paint stripper make sure you mask off anything you dont want being touch by the stripper and make sure you are using gloves long sleeves mask and goggles (IT BURNS)
Once you apply a thick layer of paint stripper get plastic and place it over the top trapping the gasses and increases the preformance of the paint stripper.
After about 5 minutes use your hands and rub over the plastic moving the paint stripper around the panel hopefully removing some of the paint as well.
After about 15-20 mintues you can remove the plastic and start scraping off the paint stripper. A putty scraper can be used for this just dont dig in the edges.
Once all clean use thinners to remove any excess residue and then get your orbital sander with between 120 and 240 grit and remove what ever paint is left.
Any automotive paint store will sell the sanders or go to your local panel beater and see if they can order you one in. even bunnings warehouse sell the right ones.
hope that saves you some time and helps a little