Repairing substrate for veneering

[Mark Wolverton]

Hi,
I have a set of lawyers book cases that I am restoring. The top piece had oak veneer on the top that had to be replaced. The plywood has some voids that I would like to fill but not sure what to use. I thought of Durham's Rock Hard water putty but not sure. Any suggestion?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank

[Jeff Duncan]

Bondo....easily available, sets up quickly, and works easily if you hit it right when it's roughly 70% or so cured. Once it fully hardens it's quit a bit tougher.

good luck,
JeffD

[william watts]

Bondo it is. I have used it for filling areas of tear out, and small voids in core material for veneer work. Worked very well.

[jerry cousins]

Maybe depends on the what glue you're planning to use. The people that make unibond suggest NOT using bondo - some adhesion problems (although i used it for a time and did not encounter any difficulties) - they do suggest durham's. don't know about other glues.
jerry

[HANK METZ]

I've used Durham's in the past, no problems.

[Jeff Duncan]

Maybe depends on the what glue you're planning to use. The people that make unibond suggest NOT using bondo - some adhesion problems (although i used it for a time and did not encounter any difficulties) - they do suggest durham's. don't know about other glues.
jerry

Jerry, that's good to know! I haven't used Unibond in the past, but I'll have to file that away just in case I try it in the future;)

Jeffd

[Mel Fulks]

I'm filing that info,too. But UF glues stick to a lot of smooth dense materials. I think the warning might stem from ONE failure caused by overly thick Bondo shrinking over time.