Peeling paint on ornate plaster ceiling

Hi everyone,
I've been browsing this forum and found that the problem of removing peeling/flaky paint from plaster ceilings is typically done via scraping and sanding back (lightly) the surface which is usually flat. Our ceiling has very large and detailed patterns (not flat!). How can I strip the old paint without damaging these flowery patterns?

So far we've been using the scraper for the flat sections. Of our silly ideas we thought maybe:

• use a heat gun to soften the paint and hopefully rub it off
• an air compressor (decent capacity) to blast at the surface

:?

Any thoughts?


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