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RE: [VAL] veneers



Me...Me...I know how to do veneers!  

I have used the iron-on trim on the sides of plywood shelves many times
with no problem in this humid south and it has never come off but when I
did the panels in some cabinet doors I used contact cement and a rubber
roller to hold it down.  Try to have as flat a surface as possible to
iron on the strips. It's not hard at all and cuts with a handknife.  A
lot can be done with veneers...sand and stain like regular wood. I am
making sure I get good coverage with polyurathane on everything in the
trailer and we are using Gorilla glue instead of yellow glue for joints.

I just made some neat panels for the bath and closet doors with
plexiglas with ricepaper decoupaged on it for a transluscent effect and
used several coats of topcoat to plastic coat it.

Lexxy/aka/Lynn
http://flummoxed.org/lexxey/