wood bed finishing question

[franko72]

The wood in the bed of my truck still has some original blue paint on it and is in good cond. It must of have had a camper top on it most of its life. Anyone ever sanded the wood down and refinished without removing any wood or metal strips.It looks like Oak wood. I think I could take a belt sander and maybe a vibrator sander to get the wood prepped.What would be good for getting the old paint off the metal strips without hurting the wood planks.Maybe a wire wheel and a steady hand?I would probably want to repaint the metal strips and stain and seal the wood.I was looking at it today and it seemed that it would be hard to get the space between the edge of the board and where the metal meets clean. Need trade secrets.