Success! I did as you suggested and used some White Spirit and XXXX Steel Wool to blend in the spots so that now it apears to be natural blemishes in the wood grain. Anyhow, SWMBO, the Love of my life, the Chairlady of the Board, is happy, and when Mama is happy, everybody is happy!! Thanks again for the input. Al Messer __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.