Count....Glad to hear you are experiencing good results with the ST30...I have been doing ST30 since it was available and I have never had a problem with holding power and clean up...However I still glue the front with I-Glue...What is the desnity of your unit? Mine is 65%...and I have tried to use st30 on the front hairline but it was too visable...When you talk about slivers of st30 could you define that...1/8 inch slivers? If I could get away with it I would use st30 and nothing else. When I used it for the front hailine I just cut the tape in half...laid it up to the edge of front lace...pulled back the tabs and over lapped just a bit to account for curvature of hairline...maybe I will try it by cutting even thinner strips...what's your take on this? Cheers