<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi...I have used pre-glued = veneer with very good results and no bubbles.  </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=edwithen@oregontrail.net = href="mailto:edwithen@oregontrail.net">Ed Carwithen</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 13, 2004 = 10:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> veneer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109194321-12072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am = working on an upright piano that had water damage on the horizontal = surfaces.  I ordered thin walnut veneer and have been trying, unsuccessfully, to = get it to adhere to the boards.  I did remove the old damaged veneer, and = cleaned and sanded the surfaces to be repaired.  I first worked with wood = glue and clamped in a sandwich of boards, then tried a contact cement on = the next piece.  I keep getting air bubbles.  It looks = terrible!  There has to be a secret to replacing veneer.  Would one of you expert refinishers give me the benefit of your knowledge...please?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109194321-12072004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109194321-12072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=109194321-12072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>John = Day, OR</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>