Well the big Paipo is finished, as par normal when doing anything new i learned a hell of a lot. First mistake was believing what i read on the web that poyfilla is the nz version of what the americans call spackle, a white surfboard filler. I dinged the blank, filled with polyfilla - laminating coat - polyfilla goes brown. Looked like an 80yr old with bad sunspots- ugly. I thought i could do the distressed look art work as a cover up and as i only had black pigment - black it would be. More ugly! Black is a difficult color. And my skills low. I like nice clean boards so it was a tad disappointing, never mind it wont affect its surf-ability just aesthetically not what i wanted.My mates haven't seen it but are calling it my flutter board (little foam board that kids in nz use to learn to swim) No one knows about the poem underneath, can't wait for the abuse - Will be a good laugh. I've ordered a pad for it from Casey at Cove Pads, will hopefully arrive in the next week.