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Strip: Making veneer lie flat
By:Wade
Date: 4/17/2003, 7:50 am

I have sealed the deck on my Guillemot "L" and put on a couple of veneer appliques using epoxy thickened with silica. I wrapped them down tight with Saran wrap. One of them took nicely, but the other lifted off the deck in the middle of the veneer, right where the deck peak is highest. Any suggestions for making it lie flat before I glass the deck? Heat gun, maybe?

As a note, I did round the Guillemot deck a bit, so it doesn't have the middle ridge, just a round curve.

Wade

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Making veneer lie flat
Wade -- 4/17/2003, 7:50 am
Re: Strip: Making veneer lie flat
Rob Macks -- 4/18/2003, 8:42 am
Re: Strip: Making veneer lie flat
Jay Babina -- 4/17/2003, 2:21 pm
Re: Strip: Making veneer lie flat
Shawn Baker -- 4/17/2003, 10:52 am