: Trying to strip the glass / epoxy off of plywood is disaster.

: Rather than just using paint, you can use a stained varnish. Any
: oil base stain can be mixed with varnish and then you would
: uphold the wood grain look rather than a solid paint. You can
: give it a try and mix a mahogany stain with exterior / marine
: varnish. The beauty is that if you don't like it just sand and
: paint or varnish or whatever your choose.

You can also tint varnish with artists oil paints, the stuff in tubes. Doesn't take alot of the paint to have a big effect either the colors are pretty saturated.

BillH.