If you do a lot of stripping furniture it becomes quicker and easier. We didn't use any fancy dodaddery like flow systems or such. It was all pans from the thrift shop and old paint brushes and things like you would use at home. We got to the point where an average chair would take about an hour and a half to two hours to strip. If the chair had loose joints which needed repairing, we would dismantle it first, then it could be stripped in about 20 minutes. Be sure to mark which joints connect together.