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   Scott_ | Dec 23, 1998 10:58pm | #1

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   Take a look at the informative responses to my recent "Laminate Over Laminate" query. They were very helpful.

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   Guest_ | Dec 23, 1998 11:08pm | #2

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   Don't waste your time. The dimensional change of the two materials / % moisture is significantly different. The veneer will buckle and pull away from the plastic and look awfull as the room changes relative humidity. I recently purchased a display kitchen where someone put a paper based cherry veneer over a PVC pipe to simulate a column. in two days out of the showroom the column looked more like a large brown pickle with all the lumps and bumbs due to the humidity.

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   alan_joseph_samson | Dec 25, 1998 09:01am | #3

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   And please take particular notice that contact cement is not the proper glue for wood veneers.

   National Casein is the company who supplies most glues used to bond two surfaces. Any two surfaces.

   Check out the address for National Casein at ASK JEEVES at http://www.aj.com.

   Please spread the word...no contact cement for wood veneers. And no drywall screws for sheathing.

   Hope this helps.

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   John_Thiesen | Dec 28, 1998 03:16am | #4

   *Mike, if you have access to any of the plastic laminate suppliers, there is a maple veneer that is mounted on a phenolic backer. The maple veneer is unfinished so you can finish it any way you want. You can work with this stuff just like any of the plastic laminates by using a good grade of contact cement and laminate trimmers. I would advise you to rough up the surface of the cabinet your gluing the maple to before applying the contact cement. Good luck JOHN T.

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   Guest_ | Dec 28, 1998 04:18am | #5

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   You are absolutely correct, John T.

   Good for you in seeing that forest through those trees!

   Hope this helps.

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   Michael_Lynes | Dec 28, 1998 04:21am | #6

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   I am contemplating applying a maple veneer (paper backed, I think) to the surfaces of a bathroom cabinet that has the generic white (plastic?) veneer surface. The cabinet came with the house (and is of the type available at local lumber yards). Can anyone comment about the problems that might arise from this application? I would like to use a one part contact cement. Thanks!