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TroutGuy

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231 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: question veneering

Has anyone ever played with putting a wood veneer on plastic? I’m thinking something like .010” Mylar.

I’ve never done any veneering before, but I had one of those “Hmmmm. I wonder if I could…” moments.

Thoughts?

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GaryK

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231 days ago

Never have. I would think that the problem would be getting them to stick to one another.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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TroutGuy

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231 days ago

Contact cement, perhaps?

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GaryK

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231 days ago

Doesn’t work good with thin wood veneers at all.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Grumpy

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231 days ago

I have used contact cement on thin veneers but not on wood to plastic, although laminate can be stuck to wood with contact cement so I don’t see why plastic wouldn’t do the same. Why not do a test piece and see how it works out.

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Dan Lyke

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231 days ago

I’ve had really bad experience with contact cement for wood veneers, it lets the veneer crawl which means that with expansion and contraction it can move enough to tear the veneer. But for mylar it may be the only thing that’ll stick.

If there’s anything that’ll stick to mylar…

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