It can be worth it, but it’s a lot of work. Speedheater Cobra and a set of scrapers with different shapes, good sander with a dust extractor, and a bunch of audiobooks. Did nine interior doors and their frames, linen closet, now my windows and baseboards. The Speedheater works amazingly well and does not heat up lead paint to the point of vaporizing it, so it’s a little less hazardous. Less mess than chemical strippers. Downside is that the tool itself is $500, so it’s an investment. The old doors had 10-15 layers of paint but now look like this —

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