I have an older house and a pre-sixties budget, so I am trying to save our current siding that has about 10 to 15 coats of paint. The siding is the larger striated siding panels (sawdrawn?), and most are in good shape physically, but we are having a difficult time stripping the paint – strippers thin out the paint and just smooths out into the grooves. Any tricks of providing a similar texture over the top or convincing contractors to join me in my sixties budget?