11-19-2013, 07:52 AM
Arran;
TSP = Trisodium phosphate? If I am right, that is a non-scented detergent. That should not be too difficult to do. I did take another look at the horizontal chassis board late yesterday and it is held in place by triangular cross-section wood pieces both above and below its perimeter. I first thought it was held in place by screws, but that was incorrect. If some of the wood becomes delaminated, I may be able to re-glue it if it is along an edge.
I see some instructions on-line about how to re-glue veneer. I have some spots along the front edges of the top of the cabinet that have delaminated. The instructions I found talked about scraping old glue off the base wood and back side of the veneer using a craft knife (Xacto knife?). The very front edges of the delaminated veneer on both left and right sides of the cabinet top are also cracked and very fragile. The portion of the veneer that is closest to the veneer that is still glued down would be difficult to reach with brushes to get any new wood glue in there. I see instructions about using a hypodermic syringe to inject wood glue, but what size of syringe and needle is needed? Wood glue is pretty thick, or would the glue need to be thinned?
Thanks in advance!
Joe
TSP = Trisodium phosphate? If I am right, that is a non-scented detergent. That should not be too difficult to do. I did take another look at the horizontal chassis board late yesterday and it is held in place by triangular cross-section wood pieces both above and below its perimeter. I first thought it was held in place by screws, but that was incorrect. If some of the wood becomes delaminated, I may be able to re-glue it if it is along an edge.
I see some instructions on-line about how to re-glue veneer. I have some spots along the front edges of the top of the cabinet that have delaminated. The instructions I found talked about scraping old glue off the base wood and back side of the veneer using a craft knife (Xacto knife?). The very front edges of the delaminated veneer on both left and right sides of the cabinet top are also cracked and very fragile. The portion of the veneer that is closest to the veneer that is still glued down would be difficult to reach with brushes to get any new wood glue in there. I see instructions about using a hypodermic syringe to inject wood glue, but what size of syringe and needle is needed? Wood glue is pretty thick, or would the glue need to be thinned?
Thanks in advance!
Joe