Geoff

Congrats on building two boats. Hopefuly someone will be able to help you out with the right colored strips.

If you can get to Chicago you are welcome to grab a handfull of strips from my yard -- but don't make a special trip jsut for the freebies. I doubt they would be the right color, I don;t have bead and ccove edges, and I'm quite a distance from you.

Your post brings up another matter, though. At times there are debates here about whether a person should cut their own strips, or buy precut ones. I know you didn't mean to get involved in one of those, but you have brought up a situation which those discussions have not previously touched on. Namely, a person who cuts their own strips will have more flexibility in finding matching wood colors later on should they run short of strips.

PGJ