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Re: Strip: Making veneer lie flat
By:Rob Macks
Date: 4/18/2003, 8:42 am
In Response To: Strip: Making veneer lie flat (Wade)

: 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

Cut a tiny slit in one side of the bubble, and another on the other side. Inject some epoxy
in one side until it comes out the other side. Press on it, wipe off excess and clamp
a soft surfaced hard backed pad in place.

All the best,
Rob Macks
Laughing Loon CC&K
www.laughingloon.com

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