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I’d like to know where I can find out how to felt-line a silver drawer in a sideboard that I am about to finish. What I like to do is make dedicated felt-lined slots for knife, spoon etc. I have tried to get felt into the slots, using glue but it all turns into a real mess.
Any suggestions?
Stig.
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Stig,
Woodcraft sells green felt with adhesive on the back side, just peel and stick. I think it's available in square yard sized pieces (36 X 36) or so. I use it to line the bottom of jewelry boxes.
Lee
Stig I think you start with a thin 1/8"panel, to fit loosely in the existing drawer to allow room to wrap and glue a half inch of the felt around the back four borders of the panel.
No need to glue the panel to the drawer (Only at the borders)
I've felt lined various drawers and jewelry boxes, but haven't covered anything but flat surfaces. I'm thinking, you'll have to make a jig or a 'corrogated 'caul' (Actually two cauls)
The two cauls are made to fit loosely together. (somewhat like an old fashioned curling iron.) The 'Male' undulations fit loosely into the 'Female' undulations (or, furrows) The female section is glued onto the drawer first.
The felt is first pressed down into the furrows, using the thinner male to 'ease' the felt into the wider grooves' (this is called the 'Dry run.' When you like the fit, remove the feltthen carefully apply the glue.
Leave extra felt to trim after gluing to the panel
I would use very little spray adhesive only in the bottom of the grooves. Leave the top caul in place, 'till the glue sets. You might place a heavy weight atop the caul. If this sound's like too much work, consider 'flocking' the whole drawer using spray adhesive and spray velvet flocking? Steinmetz
It might be that there is no need to glue the felt into the slots. Maybe friction would be sufficient to keep the felt in place. You could easily test this theory.
Tom
No real helpful advice from me on how to do this, but I do know that good silver chests do not use normal felt. They use felt that has been impregnated with something (some other form of silver?) that keeps the silver stored in the chest from tarnishing. And I have no clue where you could find such stuff.
There. Not only did I NOT answer your original question, I raised another for you to worry about. ; - )
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
Mike,
It is called Pacific Silvercloth, or simply Pacific cloth. I got mine at a jewelry store. Pretty pricey, but it works.
Regards,
Ray Pine
Stig, google up amazon.comsilverchest
I have used a flocking kit from Lee Valley to line drawers for a jewellery box/chest.
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