removing the vinyl woodgrain material from cabinet
12/18/12
Is there a way to remove the fake vinyl woodgrain from a cabinet ? I want to apply real wood veneer over the cabinet with my vacuum press. Is it possible to sand it a bit and just go over the vinyl? or will I have an issue later. Thanks
12/21/12 #2: removing the vinyl woodgrain materi ...
Why would you want to do that? If its got vinyl on it, its not a high quality piece. Why invest the effort and materials? Start over I'd say.
12/21/12 #3: removing the vinyl woodgrain materi ...
I may just re-make the piece, then do the real wood veneer. Cabinet isnt real large. I wanted to make this nice again because its on a nice Pioneer stereo receiver that I want to keep. Could possibly do this for more receivers in future. I repair stereo equipment. Appearence along with function always helps resale.
12/21/12 #4: removing the vinyl woodgrain materi ...
Oh, that's another story. I was looking at doing a case for a Marantz one time. You could just buy a sheet of 1/2" walnut and glue on solid edges.
4/17/13 #5: removing the vinyl woodgrain materi ...
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I have tried a few times to remove the vinyl with heat. Marginal success using very coarse sand paper not to completely remove, but to allow your glue to penetrate to the sub strate.