Thank you both. I will look into these products. I'm glad to know that a chemical stripper is a good alternative to blasting.
Just be sure to research how to properly neutralize what ever stripper you use as most quality Epoxy primers have issues with chemical strippers acid residue. Neutralized no problem. Un neutralized major pain sometimes months down the road after you 'thought' you were finished...
If your using rustoleum, summit or eastwood quality of paints disregard my warnings...