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I work on aircraft that spend their time in a marine environment. The strip and paint system we use is an aircraft stripper by the brand name of Mar-Dan It is a polyethylene-chloride stripper. It smells like latex, but it certainly does not feel like latex when it comes in contact with your skin. Just remember to keep plenty of water around for rinsing if you do get it on you! Then we mechanically clean the surface with teflon wheels on a small drill motor or die grinder. The soft teflon (white) cleans the metal without scratching it as long as you do not use too much pressure. We then etch the surface with alumi-prep, followed by a rinse and dry, then we alodine the surface, usually with a foam rubber brush. We then use the self-etching epoxy primer. This is finished off with a two-part plyurethane finish coat. We usually use a single-stage ployurethane for ease of use and weight savings. In a marine, working environment, these planes usually last a couple od decades between paint if kept clean. We usually use DuPont IMRON unless otherwise specified by the customer. IMRON is used by fire truck manufacturers as it is a very tough paint.
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