Drudgery update. I spent most of the day going through three more gallons of Soy Strip. To the left of the stand is the result of one very heavy coat kept under plastic for 90 minutes and then immediately blasted with a power washer. To the right of the stand is the product of the same treatment twice followed by pasting the stripper on the remaining thick spots and keeping them wet for more than an hour - thus, three treatments.

Soy Strip will take most all of two coats of paint off, but it takes four or five treatments to pretty much clear an area. It is best to keep work to perhaps 20-30 sq ft at a time in order to prevent drying. Wait even a little bit too long and the paint/stripper becomes a third substance that is leathery and near impossible to sand. The power washer cannot budge it. Your scraper is only marginally effective on it. Finally, buy twice as much stripper as you think you will need.

OK, off for another week or so of field work. Let's see. Research? Stripping paint? No contest.