: If you apply enough heat to it, you should be able to peel off the glass. I'd
: suggest using a chemical stripper on the paint, if heat doesn't work.

Becareful with the amount of heat that you use so that you do not cause the glue joint to fail between strips. Their is a thread about a person who had a buldge on the side of his stripper and the general consensus was due to a heat gun.

I am not an expert but with what I have read and been able to find out I have choosen to sand down through the glass and epoxy on my kayak to redo the glass. This is a long process requiring a lot of sand paper and you have to watch that you do not cause depressions in the wood.

Maybe some one who has done more with a heat gun will give you some pointers because that way may be allot faster.

Good luck.