delaminating

[marcos]

Hi and good evening everyone I am going to restore a table for a friend , the legs on this table are laminated and they are delaminating partially.
I have an idea of repairing them and to stop them from further delaminating. That is making kerf cut down the offending gap and gluing in a strip of the same timber and dressing it back does anyone else have any other idea,s. Would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you. 427748

[themage21]

Depends on if you're willing do live with only half re-glued seams, perhaps inject your adhesive into the existing gap with a syringe and then clamp it all together again?

Would avoid the obvious seam line from a 1-2mm insert.

[Xanthorrhoeas]

How old are the chairs? can you post a photo of the whole chair so that we can assess please?

Unless you have a supply of the same timber (and maybe even if you do) your proposed technique will very likely give a very obvious repair line. It looks like European Beech? there does not appear to be any finish on them - have they been in the weather?

I have refinished some modern European Beech chairs that I rescued from a street throw-out for my daughter. We put some adhesive in the gaps then lightly sanded them - the dust helped fill the gaps. It was far from perfect but then, once furniture is weathered, it will never be perfect.

If they are Beech then you will need a light coloured adhesive. If they are not antique I would use Epox-E-Glue (from BoteCote Pacific) which is a great, strong gap filler and will be similar in colour.

[marcos]

The chairs are a different timber just pine , but the table is European beech . The chairs don't have the problem with delaminating they are ok its just the table legs. I will be making a new top for the table as it was originally made from veneered mdf I will replace it with a new top from solid euro beech I think I will try a dummy run with a strip of beech which I will rip off the boards I will buy for the top. Thanks for the tips guys.

[Christos]

For me I would be incline to repair with as little work as possible. Add glue and clamp back together. Which means that you would have to make something round to be able to apply even clamping pressure.

This of course also depends on what glue has been used to make the legs, my guess is of a modern glue. Are all four legs having the same problem? If so then it might be better to take them apart remove all the glue and then glue and clamp them back together. That would be the worst case and will require a lot more work.

[ian]

the table is European beech . The chairs don't have the problem with delaminating they are ok its just the table legs. I will be making a new top for the table as it was originally made from veneered mdf I will replace it with a new top from solid euro beech If you are going to that much effort, I'd be inclined to replace the legs as well.
If the "roundy round" bits are what makes the table attractive, ask on the forum if one of the turners could make you 4 new legs.

[tonzeyd]

Given that the chairs are laminated I'd say that they don't have a whole lot of value to them. So wouldn't be inclined to spend loads of time restoring them, unless its a passion of yours.

If it were me I'm with Christos, stick glue into it and clamp it up. If you're after something bit stronger fill it with some epoxy and be done with it.

[auscab]

The two bits that make up the split leg have shifted obviously . You cant really clamp a round thing like that and I doubt it would shift back much anyway .

What I do for this is get some Beech veneer , or something close , or cut it off some solid . Then sand it so its tapered like the split . Those splits are wide and go back in to nothing . Then glue those in . where ever you can . Fill the rest with glue if there are any left under size that are to fine for the veneer.

Rob