I tried using a preglued wooden veneer on a table top I was making. It is the kind of veneer that has a peel off paper backing. After a period of time I am have problems with the veneer bubbling. It was adhered to a piece of 3/4″ cabinet grade plywood.
The piece is framed and has inlay around the veneer which will make it almost impossibe to remove and replace, I’m wondering if anyone has an answer as to a repair method without removal of the veneer.
I have considered ironing it to see if I could get it to adhere but I’m unsure of the temperature setting to use. I’ve also considered injecting glue from a hypodermic syringe into each of the bubbles and weighting them down.
But, before I use a trial and error approach, I thought I would bounce the problem off the experts at Knots. Someone has surely faced this problem before.
Thanks for any help I can get.
Dave
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Dave
Heat from an iron may work / or injecting glue and clamping pressure but you may have to slice open the bubble to allow it to lay flat before trying either approach.
SA
Get a recommendation from the manufacturer. If the veneer was subsequently finished, heat of an iron may damage the finish. What finish was applied, how the plywood was prepped, what temp and humidity conditions were present at that time and since, all may be helpful to the manufacturer's customer support.
I've had bubbles in veneer but not the preglued stuff of which you speak. I inject ca adhesive under finished veneer to re-stick it.
For your situation, I'd suggest adhering a scrap of the veneer (c'mon, you gotta have some scraps left over) to the same plywood substrate, finish it as you did (or didn't do) then experiment. Try an iron, try injecting glue, try incantations.
After you finally get the stuff adhered for good, chuck all you have left over into the waste bin. Then swear that you'll never again use it, that you'll only use flitch veneer from now on. Learn to hammer veneer or get a vacuum bag set up... or both. You, and the universe, will do right by this.
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