Hey Josh, you are making really good progress! Can't wait for the next video. Like the way you approach problems and solve them! Happy new year and cheers, Alex
Doesn't sound like too bad an idea with the "fitting board", I guess, to get the veneer in. Once you've unstuck it from the board, at least you'll be able to roll it down smooth, but air bubbles may be an issue. Another option for fitting it is getting a large sheet of paper/cardboard and cutting that out as a template. Then transfering that to the veneer sheet and cutting it to shape. Then leaving the backing on the veneer, roll it up horizontally and apply it like wall paper by hanging from the top part and pulling the backing off as you go. Slowly unrolling it as you go along. Might work easier from the bottom as well. Either way you skin it, it's gonna be a hard job. As long as it all aligns, it should be ok. You might be able to cut it a few millimeters over size to make it more forgiving and just come in with a stanley knife afterwards to trim it up. Keep up the good work though dude. It's coming along great! Merry Xmas and a happy New Year until the next video!
Rigal Cheers Rigal, should hopefully work out ok, oversizing the veneer slightly might be a good idea actually! Just to give me a little wiggle room. As for the trapped air bubbles, I've been told that if you're careful you can cut along the grain with a sharp blade, just a little, just enough to let the air out. I'm hoping I won't need to use this trick but I'm happy to have it haha! The veneer has been delayed a few weeks though unfortunately, they only have crown cut and not quarter cut when I tried to order! So hopefully I'll have the insulation and veltrim covering the ceiling while I'm waiting a couple weeks for the veneer to arrive! Thanks mate! I'm sort of stumbling around with these videos for now but hopefully they're becoming more watchable haha Hope you have a fantastic Christmas and New year too mate! All the best, Josh
Can't help it mate, but I am very sceptical to the veneer thing you're doing. Proper veneering is done under very hard pressure, heat and with special glue to prevent it from delaminating. I have a hard time believing that the job you're doing will be a lasting one, but - trying not to be negative, I sincerely hope you will prove me wrong. Anyway, wish you good luck with your project, hoping everything will turn out the way you want it! Coffee sounds good! ;)
Tylee Hey Tylee, thanks for saying something if you think I'm about to make a mistake, I'm a lot newer to this than most, so I'm grateful for all the advice I can get! I do have every confidence in the technique I'm going to use and if it works hopefully it'll help other people during their refit. I'll never hide any of my mistakes, just like the issues I had with the PSA veneer. If it does go wrong, hopefully it'll help someone just as much by showing them what not to do haha. However, saying that, I hope I don't regret not taking your advice! If you're local, you'll have to come for a coffee when she's all done! Thanks again, Josh
Mike Larson Hey Mike, whenever I've sanded panels or tables in the past I've used a random orbital sander (so sanding both with and against the grain) and then finished by hand sanding with the grain before applying my finish. I'm applying the contact adhesive onto this wood and not a finish, do you think it would make a difference? If you do, I could go over the panel again with the grain using 240 grit sandpaper. Thanks for the advice, Josh
Hey Josh, you are making really good progress! Can't wait for the next video. Like the way you approach problems and solve them! Happy new year and cheers, Alex
Doesn't sound like too bad an idea with the "fitting board", I guess, to get the veneer in. Once you've unstuck it from the board, at least you'll be able to roll it down smooth, but air bubbles may be an issue.
Another option for fitting it is getting a large sheet of paper/cardboard and cutting that out as a template. Then transfering that to the veneer sheet and cutting it to shape. Then leaving the backing on the veneer, roll it up horizontally and apply it like wall paper by hanging from the top part and pulling the backing off as you go. Slowly unrolling it as you go along. Might work easier from the bottom as well.
Either way you skin it, it's gonna be a hard job. As long as it all aligns, it should be ok. You might be able to cut it a few millimeters over size to make it more forgiving and just come in with a stanley knife afterwards to trim it up.
Keep up the good work though dude. It's coming along great!
Merry Xmas and a happy New Year until the next video!
Rigal Cheers Rigal, should hopefully work out ok, oversizing the veneer slightly might be a good idea actually! Just to give me a little wiggle room.
As for the trapped air bubbles, I've been told that if you're careful you can cut along the grain with a sharp blade, just a little, just enough to let the air out. I'm hoping I won't need to use this trick but I'm happy to have it haha!
The veneer has been delayed a few weeks though unfortunately, they only have crown cut and not quarter cut when I tried to order!
So hopefully I'll have the insulation and veltrim covering the ceiling while I'm waiting a couple weeks for the veneer to arrive!
Thanks mate! I'm sort of stumbling around with these videos for now but hopefully they're becoming more watchable haha
Hope you have a fantastic Christmas and New year too mate! All the best, Josh
Can't help it mate, but I am very sceptical to the veneer thing you're doing. Proper veneering is done under very hard pressure, heat and with special glue to prevent it from delaminating. I have a hard time believing that the job you're doing will be a lasting one, but - trying not to be negative, I sincerely hope you will prove me wrong. Anyway, wish you good luck with your project, hoping everything will turn out the way you want it! Coffee sounds good! ;)
Tylee Hey Tylee, thanks for saying something if you think I'm about to make a mistake, I'm a lot newer to this than most, so I'm grateful for all the advice I can get! I do have every confidence in the technique I'm going to use and if it works hopefully it'll help other people during their refit. I'll never hide any of my mistakes, just like the issues I had with the PSA veneer. If it does go wrong, hopefully it'll help someone just as much by showing them what not to do haha. However, saying that, I hope I don't regret not taking your advice! If you're local, you'll have to come for a coffee when she's all done! Thanks again, Josh
I don't know why but watching you tear the sand paper was horrific
dave keuroglian It felt horrific! I've got other 3m sand paper that tears like a dream, think I was expecting too much from this roll haha
STOP ! AWAYS with the grain ! Good luck.
Mike Larson Hey Mike, whenever I've sanded panels or tables in the past I've used a random orbital sander (so sanding both with and against the grain) and then finished by hand sanding with the grain before applying my finish. I'm applying the contact adhesive onto this wood and not a finish, do you think it would make a difference? If you do, I could go over the panel again with the grain using 240 grit sandpaper. Thanks for the advice, Josh
Josh, thanks for your reply, sounds like a good plan, carry on with your plan! Wish you the best! Happy Holidays, Mike