Q re - how to reactivate PVA using an iron on a veneered project?

[Howard Rosenberg]

Last night I put the finishing touches on a veneered tabletop.

Unfortunately the humidity in Toronto jumped this past few days and this sheet was much more ripple-y.

I clamped it using sheer weight - a large sheet of MDF and TONS of books to weight it down.

I veneered the last surface for this project when there was less humidity. I significantly diminished the ripple-iness with an iron. It'll be 24 hours before I can get back to it and I'm wondering if anyone has enough experience trying to "reactivate" PVA type glue with an iron to flatten the veneer out a tad.

Thank you.

Howard

[David DeCristoforo]

It's possible and absolutely worth a try. You need a cloth between the iron and the veneer to keep from scorching the veneer and a veneer hammer to press the veneer back down. It may work... it may not. But if it does, you will save your project.

For future reference, stacking books is not the best way to press veneer. You are lucky it stuck at all...