Gerry Mills
06-11-2010, 3:35 PM
I restore and rebuild pianos, some of which are 100 years or so old. Veneers of those days ran two to four times today's thicknesses, and were often applied to curved surfaces. Repairs to broken or missing veneer either involves fully removing the old veneer and replacing with new, much thinner stock. Or, it involves building up the base material where there are missing areas of the old, thicker veneer and then veneering over all. Either way, how do I clamp these weird curves and bends?
Go-bars seem to be the way, but are there other methods? Joe at VeneerSupplies couldn't help much, as he is mostly concerned with flat surfaces. Pianos are too big for vacuum bags.
Also, are there good methods for removing veneers intact? The answer should assume that finish on the veneer has already been removed as far as practical.
Help!
Go-bars seem to be the way, but are there other methods? Joe at VeneerSupplies couldn't help much, as he is mostly concerned with flat surfaces. Pianos are too big for vacuum bags.
Also, are there good methods for removing veneers intact? The answer should assume that finish on the veneer has already been removed as far as practical.
Help!