Bought some genuine YCN 3k boards early in the season they had the plastic under the paint but it was quite easy to get off, was very lucky with these boards as the did not have any rust pitting on them, put them to work on some stiff old clay with a bit of stone in and let nature take its courseYes, these boards I have are green under the blue on the soil face, plus a good dose of real sticky nasty oil/grease/laquer or something - can't wait to strip it off and see what lies beneath! I'll stick some pics on if I ever get around to cleaning them...