Where to buy cheap iron on veneer?

[wixy]

I need to buy a relatively large amount of iron on veneer.

Anyone know of any places to buy iron on veneer cheaply?

It seems pretty expensive to me at Bunnings for the amount you get.

[Pusser]

You can make your own using PVA or yellow glue see
http://www.oakwoodveneer.com/tips/ironon.html

There is also sheeet hot melt glue like this
http://www.morganwood.com/catalog/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=151

which is probably less messy but you would need to order it.

[martrix]

Brims board in Ferntree gully have plenty. So will Allboard distributors in Bayswater.

[Lignum]

Has anyone here been able to use iron-on veneer successfully? I have a very poor record when using it. :?

Ditch the iron-on and get some paper backed and use contact adhesive

[martrix]

Has anyone here been able to use iron-on veneer successfully? I have a very poor record when using it. :?

Ditch the iron-on and get some paper backed and use contact adhesive

oops, I assumed he just meant 22mm edging. Yes the large sheets of iron on are garbage, and as Lig says...steer way clear of it. Try doing a neat join with iron on sheets...:no::~ it constantly shrinks and moves. Not worth the time IMHO.

[astrid]

I agree that the Iron on is rubbish, it shifts around.
but maybe like everything else, its the quality that you buy.
I have veneered two singer machiene cabinates.
one the old way (glue battons and clamps) the other with iron on.
I dont think much time was saved with the iron on. and you can get a wider range of better quality veneer if you go the old way.
Astrid:)

[scooter]

Wixy, I have a heap of ex-Bunnings veneer that I'm interested in selling (I work there, & scored a heap when a store I was at was clearing it out)

Will have a look & see what I have, & figure out a price if you're interested.


Cheers................Sean

[wixy]

Thanks Sean, I might be interested, but I need heaps of the same colour (probably 12 sheets or so).

[Pusser]

..Try doing a neat join with iron on sheets...:no::~ it constantly shrinks and moves. Not worth the time IMHO.

Would this apply to the home made methods described in my post above? You could join and tape the veneers before ironing them on. This is a question not an attempt at contradiction.

Similarly if you make your own then you can use any veneer you can buy or cut.

[martrix]

Would this apply to the home made methods described in my post above? You could join and tape the veneers before ironing them on. This is a question not an attempt at contradiction.


Taping the join prior to applying heat may help, but I still wouldn't bother with it. They suggest that you first iron on the join area and let it cool down with your nice neat join. Then you go over the rest of the sheet. Thats where the problem lies. What happens to wood fibers when you apply heat? They contract and pull apart the join. I'm only talking about a decent hairline gap, but there should be no gap whatsoever IMHO.




Similarly if you make your own then you can use any veneer you can buy or cut?not sure what you mean here

[Pusser]

not sure what you mean here

Sorry if not clear. I meant that if you make your own iron on veneer by using or sawing your own veneer and make it iron on by using either the PVA method or sheet hot melt glue you are not limited to the species sold commercially as iron on veneer. I would have thought the sheet method was only a less messy version of hot hide glue but I was just surmising.

[scooter]

Thanks Sean, I might be interested, but I need heaps of the same colour (probably 12 sheets or so).

Can't remember what's there, but there's nowhere near 12 sheets of anything.

Will dig it out as soon as I get a chance.