Hello there, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas.... I have some sheets of 1.5mm thick wenge veneer (about 18cm wide x about 2.5m) which was beed rolled up for a good few years, despite leaving it out and putting things on top of it, it still refuses to uncurl and is pretty unusable. So, has anyone got any bright ideas for flattening it out?
Uncurling wenge veneer
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Benchwayze
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I once had some some elm burr which looked like a relief map of the Himalayas. Damping and overnight pressing cured it.
HTH
John
HTH
John
That is what I have read but I have never done it. Bought the glycerine but that is as far as I got. I think there may be some hide glue in the mix too. There is an article on Richard jones' website. http://www.richardjonesfurniture.com/PD ... Veneer.pdf
I'll give it a go - otherwise it's going on the bonfire!
Last time I tried it with some maple I got the bottle of alcohol mixed up with a bottle of Morrells acid cat and ended up using the alcohol in its place... it took a fair amount of head scratching before I twigged why it never dried!
Last time I tried it with some maple I got the bottle of alcohol mixed up with a bottle of Morrells acid cat and ended up using the alcohol in its place... it took a fair amount of head scratching before I twigged why it never dried!
whiskywill
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Unib":1q99fpva said:
No! Don't do that.
There is always somebody (me) who can find a use for it.johnny
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just thinking outside the box what about using one of those small household steam cleaners ? they usually have a variety of nozzles
They use steam to bend timber on boats :wink:
They use steam to bend timber on boats :wink:
Don't worry Whiskywill – I've not completely given up yet!
Interesting idea about the steam cleaner Johnny, wonder if you could get enough heat and moisture into it before clamping flat to get it to hold it's flat shape?
Interesting idea about the steam cleaner Johnny, wonder if you could get enough heat and moisture into it before clamping flat to get it to hold it's flat shape?
johnny
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I was thinking you might be able to use a strip of heavy hardwood across the veneer to hold it down and just inch the strip forward as the veneer gives a little on each pass of the steamer.? :wink:
Glynne
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Hi Unib,
Can't help with flattening your veneer but Pete Sefton just shared a link on Facebook which uses veneer rolled up as wine boxes. Might be better than binning it?
Can't help with flattening your veneer but Pete Sefton just shared a link on Facebook which uses veneer rolled up as wine boxes. Might be better than binning it?
