Try Stewart-MacDonald's at 800-848-2273. They also have a nice little catalog that they can send to you. I have bought from them before many times, and always get superb service, and knowledgable help.
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No, you cannot bleach wood veneer to change its color. Bleaching wood veneer may damage the material and affect its appearance. It is recommended to use wood stains or dyes to change the color of wood veneer instead.
Yes, you can paint wood veneer to change its appearance.
Veneer is a thin strip or layer of wood (which varies) glued to a lesser expensive wood or pressed board. Whether or not it is a soft wood depends on the wood variety used for the veneer and what it is glued to.
The easiest way to make a fingerboard is to use several plies of wood veneer glued together in a mold. This is a great little tutorial: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7677486492997224097
Plywood is essentially cheap veneer.
First you need to get some veneer (paper-thin wood) then cut it to the shape of a tech deck. Do this 5 times so you get 5 plies. Next take some wood glue and glue the plies on top of each other. Next put your wooden fingerboard in-between two tech deck fingerboard decks. Now take two C clamps and clamp the nose and the tail. now take a regular clamp and clamp the body of the deck. Let it dry over night and tada a wooden fingerboard deck.
No, you cannot bleach veneer wood to change its color. Bleaching may damage the veneer and alter its appearance in an undesirable way. It is recommended to use wood stains or dyes specifically designed for veneer to change its color.
oak or verlen wood
Wood veneer can be cut without chipping by using a sharp blade, cutting with the grain, and using a backer board to support the veneer during cutting.
Solid wood furniture will be more durable than wood veneer, however, wood veneer offers excellent durability and ease of cleaning at a great price.
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