That was exactly my thinking when I chose it -- the stuff comes in various thicknesses (we have a marine salvage place here that sells pieces for a buck or two). You can select a thickness that will adapt and curve to the contours of the interior laminate surface. Star Board is not a good material to bond to most caulks or sealants, but figured that the sealants would have plenty of other surfaces (hardware surfaces, bolts, glass deck laminates and epoxy filler) to bond to and seal the exterior deck. The interior laminate surface is a bit irregular in addition to being curved. I put a generous amount of sealant between the backing plate and the interior laminate surface to fill any voids. The sealant in that area will bond to the interior laminate surface and complete the weather/water seal. Choice of epoxy or polyester resins to fill the deck voids can be confusing. They all work, but epoxy is the best. If you use polyester resin, be sure ALL moisture has had a chance to dry from the damaged balsa core deck interior. Moisture will retard/stop the polyester setting process and you will end up with a mess. Second the happy Turkey Day wishes. GILASAILR@aol.com wrote: Dick, Excellent idea to use the 'Starboard' for backing plates! No hard edges to collapse or damage the underside of the laminate. Great application. GaryO. M-17 #316a **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.