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Darryl Keil
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Michael,Unfortunately, the best way to have delt with your buckled veneer was to pre-flatten the ornery pieces ahead of time so when it was taped together everything would have laid basically flat.Now that it is taped up your options are less. You cannot wet the veneer just prior to pressing as you dont want to prematurely swell the veneer before the glue makes contact and the water will loosen the veneer tape which will really result in a mess.Usually, if you can actually tape it all together it will press OK although without seeing your veneer I cannot say for sure. One of the most likely outcomes will be the veneer joints overlapping themselves during the pressing or opening up as you were afraid of. One solution for this would be to glue your veneer joints together by folding back each joint individually, apply a bead of glue down the joint and then lay the veneer back flat again. In fact I would recommend you put the veneer in the press for each glue joint just to be sure the veneer joints are glued level with each other. You may want to try this technique on a sample first. Glued veneer joints will not come apart or overlap during pressing. This is about my only recommendation at this point. Also, use a thick caul on top to give you good leveling pressure. Something 3/4" would be good.SincerelyDarryl Keil: : I have some experience with veneer but my current project is proving : to be problematic.: I have a large taped project, 20" x 80" and it includes some very : difficult veneer. There are several pieces of quilted maple, with : burled sections and the stuff will not stay flat. I have managed to : get the "fancy face" taped up but now I am worried about the glue-up.: I am afraid that the vacuum press will not press the tape up flat. : Or it will pull the taped joints apart. Can I, Should I apply veneer : softener just prior to glue-up.: Do you have any other suggestions to deal with this situation? : Michael Lomax
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