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What about using chemicals?
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First of all I'm no professional when it comes to paint and body, just worked for a guy for a few months after I graduated from high school, doing all the crappy stuff he didn't want to, lots of sanding.
This is how I've always stripped cars, it is messy, but no dust in the air. I don't know if they've taken all the real nasty chemicals out of paint stripper, or if it works as good as it did back in the 70s. If you got it on bare skin it would make you feel numbness around the contact point. Usually only took a day to strip a car back then.
I'm sure breathing in the fumes isn't good for anyone, but I survived it the few times I did it. Using stripper requires no special skills, but if it gets on any weather stripping it usually ruins it. It should all be removed before the process begins. Also the stripper eats bondo, but it usually won't remove thick coats, just the thinner coats.
I had no idea dustless blasting was that expensive, $1600....
All that expensive equipment has to get paid for somehow.
