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Infrared paint stripper or chemical stripper or poultice. Infrared is my weapon of choice these days, you can get a cheapish one from eBay or a fancy one from speedheater. I wish I'd had one 20 years ago, very good tools. Use them with a contour scraping set, there's a UK version of the Hyde Contour Scraping Set available for £15.
You can get the job done with a contour scraping set on it's own. It's more time consuming obvs.
Airhead
Bainbridge
Polygon
I've just stripped the bannister in our flat of multiple coats of paint. The problem is there is a dark varnish underneath it all which is very dark and messy. I can sand off the flat sections using a mouse sander but the detail is pretty hard to get into.
Any ideas?