David,

Yeah, I thought about the carbon mat. (Also sometimes called carbon veil) I've got some of that too in the 5 and10/1000 thicknesses. I used the 10 thou on my Balsa Super Bandit in the gear area under the top wing skin to help keep the gear from punching through on a bad landing. (Hopefully, it will never be tested!) Can carbon mat/veil be used instead of glass cloth??? The main purpose of the glass cloth is to stabilize the wood to keep the grain from showing through later. Will the mat stabilize the wood as well or better than glass cloth???

Kevin