Removing paint from inside canoe?

Hi All,
I have an old 1979 Malecite fiberglass which had a gray interior color. It got very hot in the sun and I painted over it with tan garage floor paint.
I am updating some wood trim to bring it back to original look and wondering how I could remove that tan paint and get back to the original gray interior.
Any thoughts or experience doing this would be appreciated.

I would think that any stripper you use to remove the paint that you applied will also remove that which was originally used on the hull.

pblanc said:

I would think that any stripper you use to remove the paint that you applied will also remove that which was originally used on the hull.

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Thanks . One crazy idea I have is to try a power washer at a low setting, not a gas washer but one of the small home electric types.
Sometimes I guess it is just better to just leave well enough alone though.

Some of those stripper are mighty harsh, I wonder if there is any concern about degradation to the hull itself. Fiberglass , epoxy or polyester or whatever was used.
Jim

I don't have any actual experience with this particular issue, but removing just the tan paint and leaving the gray would seem unlikely. Of course, if you can remove both the tan and original gray, you could put on a new layer of any color. I would also be concerned about a chemical stripper's effect on the composite, and recommend research into that possibility.

I have used with success Ready Strip Marine to remove varnish from carbonfiber/ epoxy paddle blade and paint on old fibeglass sailboat along with varnish and paint on wood. The can does say on back of can that it can damage epoxy if you leave on too long. The front of can says safe for gelcoat and fiberglass. The can suggest if worried about harming epoxy or worn gelcoat then use Lift-N-Strip. I don't have any experience with Lift-N-Stip.

The simple thing to do is paint it. I have painted a lot of canoe interiors primer grey.
I painted a Sawyer Charger with tan duck boat paint.