INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

APPLY WITH A DOMESTIC IRON SET AT THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE

ANY SURFACE TO BE BONDED MUST BE THOROUGHLY CLEAN AND DRY. NON-POROUS SURFACES SHOULD

BE RUBBED DOWN WITH A COARSE ABRASIVE PAPER TO PROVIDE A KEY FOR THE ADHESIVE.

WHEN APPLYING A SINGLE SHEET, CUT TO 3mm  OVERSIZE AT ALL EDGES TO ALLOW FOR SHRINKAGE.

BEFORE APPLYING HEAT IT IS ADVISABLE TO PROTECT THE SHEET AGAINST SCORCHING 

BY PLACING A LARGE SHEET OF CLEAN, UNPRINTED PAPER (AT LEAST 80-100grm) OVER THE VENEER.

WITH THE IRON. APPLY HEAT AND PRESSURE AT ONE EDGE, FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION OF THE GRAIN.

REPEAT THIS ACTION UNTIL THE ADHESIVE IS THOROUGHLY MELTED.

AT THIS POINT APPLY PRESSURE WITH A SMOOTH FLAT METAL OBJECT SUCH AS A COLD FLAT IRON OR JOINERS

LUMP HAMMER (A SMOOTH WOODEN BLOCK WOULD SUFFICE AS AN ALTERNATIVE).

THIS ACTION SHOULD REMOVE ANY BUBBLES AND ENSURE A GOOD BOND.

(As the adhesive is heat activated using a cold metal object reduces the setting time)

REPEAT THIS ACTION IN SMALL AREAS UNTIL THE ENTIRE SHEET HAS BEEN COVERED.

IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE ARTICLE AND THE APPLIED VENEER SHEET TO COOL

 (UP TO 24 HOURS DEPENDING ON THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE).

IN THE EVENT OF BLISTERS FORMING THEY CAN EASILY BE REMOVED BY RE-IRONING AND

APPLYING PRESSURE WITH YOUR COLD FLAT METAL OBJECT.

TO FINISH CAREFULLY TRIM THE EDGES WITH A SHARP CRAFT KNIFE. FINALLY, SAND DOWN USING A

SANDING BLOCK TO AVOID ROUNDING THE EDGE.

APPLYING MORE THAN ONE SHEET TO WIDE SURFACES

LAYING A SECOND SHEET BESIDE THE FIRST BONDED SHEET MAY (due to shrinkage)  

CAUSE A SMALL GAP TO FORM BETWEEN THE TWO SHEETS.

ONE WAY OF PREVENTING THIS IS TO PUSH THE SECOND SHEET TIGHTLY UP TO THE FIRST, SECURING

IT WITH VENEER TAPE, WHICH IS APPLIED LONGITUDINALLY OVER THE JOINT.

BOND THE TAPED JOINT FIRST FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE MENTIONED.

YOU CAN NOW START IRONING THE SECOND SHEET WORKING FROM THE OPPOSITE EDGE. 

 MOVING WITH THE GRAIN COMPLETE THE BONDING OF THIS EDGE. 

 AS ONE WORKS TOWARDS THE JOINT  ANY 'ROUNDING UP'  OF THE VENEER

 SHOULD BE TAKEN UP BY SHRINKAGE DUE TO MOISTURE EVAPORATION.

SUBSEQUENT SHEETS CAN BE ADDED FOLLOWING THE ABOVE PROCEDURE.

 IN THE CASE OF A PANEL THAT IS GOING TO BE FIXED TO A VERTICAL SURFACE,  IT IS ADVISABLE TO

LEAVE THE PANEL FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS. IF BLISTERS SUBSEQUENTLY APPEAR, 

DUE TO ABSORPTION OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE, TREAT AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

(It is easer to work in the horizontal position than the vertical)

ANY JOINTING TAPES SHOULD ONLY BE REMOVED WHEN YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT ALL

 MOVEMENT OF THE VENEER HAS CEASED.

TO REMOVE TAPE, WIPE IT WITH A DAMP CLOTH.  AFTER TWO MINUTES IT CAN BE PEELED OFF WITH EASE.

N.B.

IN ORDER TO ENSURE A GOOD BOND,  IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE ADHESIVE IS THOROUGHLY MELTED, AND PRESSURE APPLIED AS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED.  DO NOT RUSH  THE PROCEDURE.