Slamed66, I have a spare crossmember that I will be attempting to pancake and if I have questions I will probably bombard you with them.
Bear, my wife does a lot of crafts and has used decoupage paste. She has used it for things such as a sealant on some crafts as well as collage making. I really love some of the things she has done and used it for my own inspiration. I used a bunch of flea market comic books circa late 80's to early 90's (the stuff i grew up on.
Here is a closer look of the hood:
