Posted by Stripslikeapro on August 06, 2002 at 17:38:51:
In Reply to: stripping a sousaphone posted by me on August 06, 2002 at 16:57:26:
' little risk of damage with paint strippers, except to your own skin. 
Try an aerosol called  Aircraft REMOVER  made by Klean-Strip, Div. of W.M. Barr & Co. Inc., Memphis, TN 38101.