Thanks guys, feeling better already! I'll be rounding the joint near the offending mark this weekend... I'll let you all know how it looks after that... As Jim said, it might not even show if I put a trim strip of tape on the shear. And... sounds like I have a lot of company with this kind of mistake.

: Darn... Building my Pygmy Arctic Tern has been going pretty well until last
: night. While sanding the excess epoxy/wood flour on the deck joints, I
: sanded through the outer layer of veneer on one of the joints. The middle
: layer of the three-layer mahogany plywood is CLOSE to the same color as
: the outer layer, but it looks like there is a very dark glue between the
: layers. This creates a really noticable line where I've sanded through.
: It's not a BIG deal (the area is on the stern end of the deck and is about
: an inch and a half long... maybe 1/4 inch wide - with a 16th inch dark
: glue line and 3/16ths middle ply), but I'm wondering if I can
: "mask" the dark area somehow (???).

: I was thinking maybe a beige paint could be dabbed on the dark line but I'm
: not sure if the epoxy saturation coat would have a problem with it (and
: then, of course, the fiberglass layer on top of that). What kind of paint
: might work? Any ideas... opinions... maybe I should just consider it a
: "beauty mark", but it's really bugging me.

: - Keith