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Stephen Bodner

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Subject : unibond 800 with solid wood
Posted : 2012-05-21 6:20 PM
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I routinely use Unibond 800 when pressing veneer onto plywood or MDF. But I have started a job where the veneer will be pressed onto solid wood, with the grains running in the same direction to allow for expansion/contraction. I was wondering if I could use Unibond 800. My concern is that this glue, when it hardens by itself, eventually forms a brittle non-expansionary material. I wonder if the glue would resist the expansion/contraction of the solid base and eventually cause problems.


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: unibond 800 with solid wood
Posted : 2012-05-21 9:40 PM
Post #36644 - In reply to #36643

Stephen,

Its fine to use Unibond 800 for solid wood. Basically your doing a bent lamination except not bent and only a few layers. Unibond is used for bent lamination work all the time. We do suggest a sanded surface for solid wood rather than right out of the planer or jointer.

Darryl Keil


 
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mike mcnerney

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Subject : RE: unibond 800 with solid wood
Posted : 2012-05-22 6:30 AM
Post #36645 - In reply to #36644

I don't want to hi-jack your thread but I am curious what widths of solid wood people have veneered over and observed over a few years.
I am going to do some drawer fronts soon & they will be around 4" wide.
I have one friend who claims he has done 6" and that's ok.
MM


 
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Don Stephan

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Subject : RE: unibond 800 with solid wood
Posted : 2012-05-22 6:57 PM
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Are you using burl, crotch, rift/qtd or plain sliced veneer, what are the two types of wood, and what will be the grain directions?


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