motor clean up ..vat

hi looks like this is a busy form, new to the form and need a little help been restoring speed boats but me and my son just built a new shop and we going to restore a few trucks, i would like to know if anyone can tell are has a copy of some kind of block vating plans on how to build one and what kind of chem would be the best to strip off all the paint and dirt.

hope this is the right place to post

thanks all