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Richard - I didn't get perfect ;-)
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Originally Posted by
Bruce Mack
Hi, Richard. The edge shoots on a 24" piece of 1/16" thick veneer always improve the straightness from ok to almost perfect, The dips or hollows to which you refer are not initially perceptible to the eye but they are glaring when you place the strips together. I suppose glue squeeze-out would camouflage the gap but I want perfect for this and I can get it with a slight reworking as I described.
I didn't get perfect. The veneer sheet was pretty good with 5 strips held together with CA glue, lying flat as I had hoped. I applied 2 coats of Titebond Original. As you see the veneer took a pronounced curl which never relaxed. I misted the sheet and before it dried I applied the iron to the center oak piece working first up and down and then laterally. I got cracks along the joint lines and ripples that would not flatten with repeat ironing. I incised the ripples (seen as irregular lines by the bowl of salsa) and was able to flatten them. Hope dies hard and I had hoped to fill in the splits with CA glue or epoxy before I recognized this was a complete botch job. I had salsa and chips to give the serving tray an opportunity to serve and then delivered it to the bin. I'll not know if the veneer would have flattened well without misting and perhaps I would have had what I was aiming for.
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