If you can get the 'glass/epoxy overlay to come off as a sheet you will be way ahead in time and the amount of dirt you create. You have to use just enough heat to get the overlay to peel without pulling any of the underlying wood off. The temperature involved is probably only about 150 degrees. A two-man operation would be best.
Good luck.
Charlie

: I have used a heat gun to remove glass and epoxy on a wee lassie deck (quite
: a bit smaller than a kayak deck). Start at one edge, cut the glass where
: it won't show too much, and start heating. The bond with the wood will
: release, and you can strip off the glass. Keep moving, and I think (in
: retrospect) that a respirator would be a good idea. The little deck that I
: re-covered was not that bad a process, never fun to re-do a mistake, but
: not horrible.
: luck

: rick