Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
White glue question
Edward in Vancouver
>While thumbing through old (mid 80's) back issues of wood working mags, I came across an interesting little item. Apparantly you can spread white glue (not yellow glue) separately the substrate and veener, let dry, then using an electric iron, glue the two together like regular iron-on veneer tape.
Anyone heard or done this before?
Re: White glue question
Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.
>Yup, been there, got the t-shirt...
I've done the technique on small pieces and it worked OK.
FWW had an article on the process (pictured on the front cover of the issue), and if I recall correctly all aliphatic glues (white, yellow or type II water resistant yellow glue) work, but with different characteristics. The technique works because these glues are thermoplastic.
For the technique to work, one needs pretty tame veneers. Anything that's bound to blister and buckle with the introduction of moisture (from the glue) is not a good candidate for this process.
DC
Use White glue
Bill Tindal, E.TN
>the yellow adhesives have higher heat resistance, which I presume would mean worse hot melting characteristics.
I've done it with yellow...
John in New Mexico
>It worked, but I'm not about to do all my veneering that way. Maybe next time I'll try white and it'll be better, but maybe not. Plastic resin glue is just so much easier, and if I'm going to learn all the little tricks for another technique, I'll try hammer veneering.
John