How To Work With Wood Veneer
With the furniture Ive had experience with in the past the veneer has been glued to solid wood or plywood.
How to work with wood veneer. There are a few types of wood veneers available and each serves a purpose. They dont split or crack as easily as raw veneers and they work with a wide variety of adhesives. With more than 40 years in the wood business these guys know about wood.
One trick is to put sticky back sandpaper on the back side of the straight edge. If you know the properties of the wood you are working with and use the proper tools then by taking it one step at a time you will be able to work with wood veneers. Be sure to mix the adhesive thoroughly before applying it.
Or sometimes you can just paint over the wood underneath the veneer once its removed. But in some cases this would be less work than actually replacing the wood. Put the face veneer in place and get it under clamping pressure as soon as possible.
Then quickly move on to applying veneer glue to the face side of the panel. Another option is to chip off the veneer with a putty knife like we did on this buffet. I usually use a straight edge and a regular fixed blade utility knife to cut my veneer.
Veneering is no different. All of woodworking takes patience and attention to detail. I wasnt even sure if the bleach that I was planning to use would work to make all of the.
Veneer is a thin piece of solid wood. When working with veneer you will need to cut it and join the edges very much the same way you would with solid wood. Im excited to work with GL Veneer.
