I haven't finished working on my wife's WD14 and am already making notes and writing out plans for a second WD14. (We're a kayak family.) Thank you again to all who convinced me that a Chesapeake would have been a mistake and not been appropriate for what i had intended. That being said I'm already thinking ahead for the next build. Only managing to find 3 similar questions on this forum from years ago I'm going to ask again incase someone has since experimented with the idea. Has anyone toasted okume plywood in order to darken and raise the patterns in the wood?