Last week I delivered a 8ft long bar to a night club in Sarasota, they called me this week to say that on the inside of the piece, the “veneer” is coming away/separating from the wood. Now, I haven’t seen the problem for myself yet so I don’t have any better description than that. I’m going back Monday to take a look at it, but I’ve never come across this problem before and I’m not sure I know how to fix it. Anybody have any thoughts?
Here are the specs:
A2 3/4 Cherry Ply
1 coat of sprayed dye (thinned with lacquer thinner 50%) *
1 coat of wiped stain
3 coats of sprayed post conversion lacquer (Scuff sanded between coats)
The finish products are used were all M.L. Campbell – production cabinet quality finishes, but it was the first time I used them. (www.mlcampbell.com)
*I’m thinking this might be the problem? Could the thinner have soaked through and disolved the substrate glue?
Any thoughts much appreciated.
Alison
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I would say that there's an excellent chance that the veneer is delaminating - or there is a void under the veneer.
A couple of months ago, I made a paint-grade mantle for a customer using 1/2" birch ply. I primed it and left it to dry overnight and the next morning I had some "bubbles". As it turned out, the ply had a fairly large void under the veneer which wrinkled due to the moisture in the primer. I cut away the veneer and filled the void with epoxy then sanded and re-primed. Unfortunately, the repair was still visible in the right light and I wound up having to replace the bad piece of plywood.........a major PITA!!!
Good Luck
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