Patent ID: 7279057

Claim:
A method of finishing a wood surface on a boat for exterior exposure of the wood, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a finishing film material in the form of a sheet, said finishing material consisting of; (i) a flexible polymeric sheet material comprising an aliphalic polyurethane, said sheet having a percent elongation of about 60% or greater, and said sheet further having a first major surface and a second major surface; (ii) a pressure sensitive adhesive layer covering at least a portion of the first major surface of die sheet material; (b) providing a wood substrate on a boat having a surface; and (c) adhering the adhesive layer of the finishing film material to the surface of the wood by placing the adhesive layer of the finishing film in contact with the surface of the wood substrate and optionally applying pressure and/or heat to at least a portion of the finishing film wherein after applying the finishing film, all of the wood surface is visible through the film.