From the "He can be taught" department

In going from this:

with these:

to this: (5 hours with the power DA sander and 80 grit)

And this: (45 minutes with a sharp paint scraper and elbow grease)

It pays to note that that the old school way of elbow grease and a sharp scraper is 1o times faster than the power tool, despite my affinity for power tools.