Mark Astley wrote:

If the existing paint isn't too bad you can get a "scratch and sniff" (aka
sand and paint) job for substantially less than a regular strip and paint.
Not all shops will do this, you'll need to make a few calls.

Not only that, but not all airframes are going to be happy with extra
paint. The stabilator on my PA24 wouldn't balance after the Vne mod was
installed because there was too much paint, and rumor has it that it can
be an issue with some Bonanzas as well.

Then there's the 172 we picked up from the paint shop a few weeks back
with unpainted control surfaces (or rather, stripped after painted)
because they wouldn't balance properly with _any_ paint on them....

Surprisingly heavy stuff, paint...