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veneering with contact cement, requires paper backed or no? - mound - 01-15-2023
So I need to veneer a long plywood panel (~80") with the 1/16" white oak veneer I have, but it's too big for my vacuum bag.
Can I use contact cement on a non-paper backed, 1/16" white oak veneer? I've used contact cement for veneering before, but only with paper backed.
RE: veneering with contact cement, requires paper backed or no? - museumguy - 01-15-2023
Read this,
https://wisewoodveneer.com/learning-center/installation-instructions/wood-veneer-application-using-contact-cement/
RE: veneering with contact cement, requires paper backed or no? - mound - 01-16-2023
(01-15-2023, 07:06 PM)museumguy Wrote: Read this,
https://wisewoodveneer.com/learning-center/installation-instructions/wood-veneer-application-using-contact-cement/
thanks!
RE: veneering with contact cement, requires paper backed or no? - jteneyck - 01-16-2023
(01-15-2023, 06:07 PM)mound Wrote: So I need to veneer a long plywood panel (~80") with the 1/16" white oak veneer I have, but it's too big for my vacuum bag.
Can I use contact cement on a non-paper backed, 1/16" white oak veneer? I've used contact cement for veneering before, but only with paper backed.
I had the same issue when I needed to veneer the side of two end panels during my kitchen rehab a few years ago. The cabinets were in place already so it had to be done where they were. I wanted to use the same 1/16" ash veneer that I had used for everything else.
I decided to make my own paper backed veneer. It wasn't hard but you have to work quickly to keep the veneer from curling. I used yellow glue to attach a sheet of heavy Kraft paper to one side, the kind you can buy in a roll at HD. I used an oversized piece of the Kraft paper and taped the ends and sides to my bench. I rolled the glue onto it, laid the veneer on top, and then a plywood caul on top and plenty of buckets on top of that. When it was dry, I sanded the face to its finished grit. I used spray contact cement to install it on the end panels. They shows no signs of coming loose.
John
RE: veneering with contact cement, requires paper backed or no? - mound - 01-16-2023
interesting! Thanks John.. This is also end-panels in my kitchen renovation
RE: veneering with contact cement, requires paper backed or no? - jteneyck - 01-16-2023
(01-16-2023, 12:09 PM)mound Wrote: interesting! Thanks John.. This is also end-panels in my kitchen renovation
Thinking about it a little more, if the edges won't show making it two ply would be pretty bulletproof, I think. A lot of paper backed veneer is two ply, with the inner ply cross banded, which makes it very stable. The edges of my veneer were going to show so I elected to use just a single layer.
John