Friday, November 11, 2011

Pressing matters


Once the veneers are jointed and edge taped into their layout for each door- I'm ready to glue the veneer to the curved and edged door substrate.
I like to use rollers to apply an even glue surface- too much glue and I will have a lot of leak through that needs to be sanded- this adds time and risks sand through, so even is best, too light and I risk bad adhesion..........watch it! roll it! lay it on there, cover with properly sized glue resistant covers, and bag it! Is it lined up? Is it slid over too far? Will it get pressed firmly? Is my system ok, no holes, good machine......normal press time is 30 mins but with he curves and my desire for good sticky I'll leave them in for 1 hour each press cycle.

No comments: