There are a million and a half posts on Glass Frit. I am a grip tape guy- call me old-school.
Once your frit wears down (if it does) … How do you best prep your board for grip tape?
I’ve got an old (~2007) Loaded Vanguard, and the stock frit is absolutely useless, but still enough of a pain in the ass to not want to just plop the griptape on-top of it. Sand paper?
I have no experience, but have read heat gun + scraper and maybe some acetone is the way to go.
Oh, and lots of sweat and cussing.
Endless sanding may work
I used a random orbital sander to remove the clear frit that came on a bamboo cruiser deck of mine. However, I am pretty sure medium glass frit would just shred the sandpaper disc. Perhaps you need to use something to loosen the epoxy first?
It was bonded with epoxy. Epoxy is a polymer. Polymers dislike heat and start melting under it. Also, a thin layer of epoxy gets heated much faster than the wood if you use a powerful heatgun.
The downside is the adhesion layer of epoxy left under that needs to be sanded off.