[m_sasso]

Locally to me I have a company, called You Blast that rents blasting cabinets, easily large enough to handle a bicycle frame, by time on their premise. I have bead blasted a number of frames and the cost has been very reasonable, under $65.00. They have any type of media you want to use from sand to Wald Nut shells depending on the lever of abrasion you want to use and if you need to remove any oxidation/rust along with paint. The blasting time has always been under an hour and does not require any extensive skill. I find current environmentally friendly paint stripper all most useless on vintage and older paint.

Might want to check with automotive guys in your neighbourhood there might be a similar service in your area and auto guys seem to make the most use of this service.

The large expense comes with painting after the blasting has been done.