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Don Stephan

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Subject : Veneer on Melamine
Posted : 2004-03-24 2:14 PM
Post #31387
A contact has asked me to build two large kitchen cabinets using "maple" melamine for a nice interior look and veneer the exposed ends and backs with cherry. As I understand it, "maple" melamine is particle board with a melamine coated paper surface printed to look like maple with a clear finish.

Told her I would not consider this without using two ply veneer, to bridge the seam between cabinet side and back. Will Unibond reliably bond to a melamine surface? Obviously this would have to be applied after the cabinet is assembled, meaning LOTS of cauls and clamps - no vacuum bag.

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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: Veneer on Melamine
Posted : 2004-03-24 7:18 PM
Post #31388 - In reply to #31387
Don,

Unibond 800 is not the right glue for melamine although I have had a few customers say it works. I would use polyurethane for you particular application. Two reasons, polyurethane sticks to almost anything and you will surely end up with rather low pressure doing it the way you describe. Polyurethane works well at low pressure. I would still rough up the melamine before gluing.

One question though, isnt the maple melamine only on one side with the other side being bare particle board? Unibond would work in that situation.

Sincerely
Darryl Keil
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