I would suggest you youtube some of this stuff. You can find it. But I wouldn't advise you trying it yourself, especially it seems like you haven't had much experience with this kind of thing.
Is there a reason you don't want to pay for a proper paint job?
Obviously you can't cover everything in a 8 minute video, but this will give you a good idea in what work it takes to do it properly.
I've never seen anybody strip the paint off like they did in this video though.
