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Gregory Paolini

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Subject : Veneer Taboo On a Built In
Posted : 2005-05-31 12:52 PM
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Hi All,

I have a situation where I installed a smal built in made from MDF - The Project was originally supposed to be painted after install, but now the client is interested in "Wood".

There are 2 smaller sectoins that are the only parts that are visable - They are both 12" by 24".

My question is If I apply a 2 ply to these sections (On 1 side of the cabinet only) Do you think there would be any panel warping issues? I assuming that I would be OK, because 2 ply is stabilized, But I figured I'd Ask the experts..

Hope I made this scenario clear enough

Thanks in advance


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: Veneer Taboo On a Built In
Posted : 2005-05-31 5:23 PM
Post #32242 - In reply to #32241
Gregory,

Even though you are using a two ply I still recommend veneering the back side as well. Part of it is the stability of the veneer but the other important factor is the glue line itself. Having a glue line on both sides of the panel will give you the maximum balance.

Now your panels are not that big and I dont know if they are fixed or actually doors. If they are not doors you could get away without veneering both sides. I'm also not clear if you will be removing these panels or plan on veneering them in place. If you are removing them adding a veneer to the back side sure wouldnt add much work. I think its worth the insurance.

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Darryl Keil


 
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Gregory Paolini

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Subject : RE: Veneer Taboo On a Built In
Posted : 2005-06-01 7:07 AM
Post #32243 - In reply to #32242
Thanks Darryl,

The Panels are actually the top third of a cabinet side, which is already in place (secured) in a built in. This built in has a center 18" High window seat, flanked by 2 27"high cabinets. The exposed areas on the 2 side cabinets are what I would need to cover..

Thanks again -


 
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Gregory Paolini

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Subject : RE: Veneer Taboo On a Built In
Posted : 2006-01-25 11:21 AM
Post #32739 - In reply to #32243
Just wanted to give an update on this delema.

I went ahead and veneered the two 2-ply's onto just the one face of this built in. I used contact cement, doing the fix this way was the only viable solution I could come up with. So I committed 2 veneering sins, But I just checked on the unit, and everything looks great, 6 months later.\

I wanted to post this, because I figured it would be good to have some longer term infor on the reults of somthing like this.


 
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Darryl Keil

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Subject : RE: Veneer Taboo On a Built In
Posted : 2006-01-25 7:39 PM
Post #32741 - In reply to #32739
Gregory,

This is one of those times when two wrongs actually made a right, or at least one of the wrongs did.

Because you had a two ply veneer it was already stabilized so the contact cement wasn't being depended on to keep the veneer flat. Also, the contact cement is a flexible glue line so there wasn't the pull of a hard glue line which meant having veneer on the other side wasn't critical. The fact that you were using a two ply is what made your situation work.

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Darryl Keil
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