The veneer on parts of the furniture in my Swift Sundance is peeling at certain points. Superglue seems to have no effect. Can anyone advise of a suitable adhesive for repair.
epoxy isnt the best glue for sticking veneer down.. most things will stick it down the hard bit is not making it messy or getting the adhesive where you dont want it..
NO BULL GORILLA GLUE comes in plastic bottle with spout to put glue where you want it any seep or spread out of glue area can be scrapped off after 10 minutes hard after 15/20 minutes fully useable washable after 24 hrs. sticks anything but type of plastic which bottle and cap made of. sticks most other plastics like ABS etc metal glass fabrics wood ceramics even you.
Trouble with re sticking with permanent glue is if it starts peeling elsewhere. When I asked the dealer how to repair he said they use heavy duty wallpaper paste like the kind for sticking border to paper.
Worked for me and when it peeled elsewhere and I needed to release it, it came away for re- sticking.
I'd rather do it again if it comes away than get bulges below the repaired bits. I think you may find when you start to peel back for repair, you will find that it is loosing adhesion further than you first think. Paste can be squeezed in easier than e.g evo-stick and leave for a few minutes to penetrate the bare wood before smoothing back.
Good luck with the repair. Mine started peeling after being stored abroad in massive heat with all windows etc closed up. Was like an oven inside. Little wonder the factory glue gave up.
We have had a similar thing in our caravan (Sterling Europa 525). It looks like the veneer in our case was paper based, and anywhere there is the possibility of steam (around the shower and the natural place that the kettle sits) was affected. We started off gluing with evo-stik contact adhesive, but to be honest, it ended up peeling a little further on, and in the end, we ended up going to B&Q and finding some fablon stuff that is almost a dead on match. It took absolutely ages, what seemed like a hundred-weight of craft knife blades and copious amount of patients, but we have retrimmed the entire end bathroom, and the overhead locker at the front on the nearside for approximately £20.
Bit of a sledge hammer to crack a nut approach, but we havent had any peeling since.
Cheers
Rob
Quote: Originally posted by oxter on 16/8/2014
Trouble with re sticking with permanent glue is if it starts peeling elsewhere. When I asked the dealer how to repair he said they use heavy duty wallpaper paste like the kind for sticking border to paper.
Worked for me and when it peeled elsewhere and I needed to release it, it came away for re- sticking.
I'd rather do it again if it comes away than get bulges below the repaired bits. I think you may find when you start to peel back for repair, you will find that it is loosing adhesion further than you first think. Paste can be squeezed in easier than e.g evo-stick and leave for a few minutes to penetrate the bare wood before smoothing back.
Good luck with the repair. Mine started peeling after being stored abroad in massive heat with all windows etc closed up. Was like an oven inside. Little wonder the factory glue gave up.
Mine was on a shelving unit in the bathroom which i removed. You are right it did peel back more than what was showing. I used evo stik and a wallpaper roller.
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I used PVA wood glue. My "veneer" seems to be printed paper, at least it is only as thick as paper so I painted the PVA under the loose flap and left it to soak in for a couple of minutes before pressing down, smoothing out and putting a weight over it. I put cling film between the surface and the weight so It would not stick the weight to the surface. Job was as good as new.
Also if I need to repair again I can wet the surface and get the PVA apart.
Quote: Originally posted by Highlander09 on 17/8/2014
I used PVA wood glue. My "veneer" seems to be printed paper, at least it is only as thick as paper so I painted the PVA under the loose flap and left it to soak in for a couple of minutes before pressing down, smoothing out and putting a weight over it. I put cling film between the surface and the weight so It would not stick the weight to the surface. Job was as good as new.
Also if I need to repair again I can wet the surface and get the PVA apart.
PVA is very good for this kind of repair.
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Same problem in my Swift. I used spra adhesive from a carpet shop, any excess was wiped away with Methylated Spirits. With the spray you can get right behind the edges of the smallest pieces.