Well, I cut my first panel last night from the luaan doorskins and guess what - Voids. Boy, I tried the see through light and checked the edges, but right in the middle of the panels - gaps. It was just like Chris K. reached out of his book and said 'I told you so'.

This really isn't all that bad since I decided it was worth $10 and some time to acutally go through the process once with some cheap wood before cutting the panels for my first boat. It worked, you guys do a great job on this board but it takes alot of words to describe what you learn in a few minutes of action.

Anyway, the current panels were for a scaled down Squeedunk Grebe for my daughters to play in. It really is only in one spot towards the middle of the bottom panel about 1/2" wide. I think they can still be made useful and was just wondering if any of you doorskin users has a technique for strengthening voids. I thought about drilling holes along the inside and filling it with glue/epoxy and then gluing a thin verneer over the gap. Either way it looks like I need to find some marine plywood for mine.

Thanks,
Steve