Got 89% of it stripped and lightly sanded. As far as I can tell there's no sand throughs of the veneer. There's some pretty tough glue holding in the dial glass. Yes, it's the same laminated safety glass the CRT has in front of it. The CRT safety glass was held in by the same glue that had lost its adhesion but the dial glass is on there to stay. I'll try some heat first I guess.