Repairing Buckled Veneer - Thomas Johnson Antique Furniture Restoration 

It never fails that I can find what I need in your videos. I have a waterfall dresser with buckled vaneer at the bottom and this was the perfect solution! Thank you so much for sharing these videos with us!

Thank you it was helpfull. I'm restoring old chair with plywood seat and I will try it tomorrow. Have a good day!

Hi mate. I'm a new subscriber, and love your work. I have grown up amidst antique and love it to bits. My parents even had a small painting of Rembrandt van Rein's father, painted by one of Rembrandt's students. It was sitting in a large gold coloured open cut Italian frame. It was so wonderful, that I could watch it for hours on end. I can see that you absolutely love antiques as-well. Because our furniture was being used, often small bits of veneer would fall of, and dad would not be able to repair it. I wish I knew than what you have shown me, I would have been able to make some small sympathetic repairs. Most of our furniture was English, in the 70s and 80s England must have been plundered from all her most wonderful pieces, now living all over the world. Keep up the good work mate. Marcel.

Tom sure knows his craft! Thanks so much for sharing sir.

Loved this - I'm working on a piece right now that is currently under a clamp per my husband's recommendation - your video has given me hope - thank you :) love the farm scenes too!

I sincerely appreciate your videos! I learned a lot but sometimes it's to challenging for me . When I hire a pro , I now have a great deal of appreciation for good quality work. Thank you!

Very useful information. I was a bit surprised you did not cover the glue with wax paper before clamping, but it did seem to release pretty easily. Thanks for sharing.

Very helpful video. Thank you.

Great video, thanks so much!

I love that dog at the beginning. Had me cracking up!

I wish I had watched your video earlier! I pulled a piece of damaged Mahogany top layer not knowing it could be saved. Your veneer repair video brought me here. There's still another layer which is popped up and I am going to use your method to glue it in place. Thanks for great videos.

You've given me hope! I was so relieved when you showed the veneer buckling on this piece-- it looks *exactly* like the damage I'm trying to repair on an old wooden Victrola shipping box. If you were able to fix the piece in this video, then surely I can make mine look passable again. Thank you!!

Is there a pt 2? I wondered how the piece turned out. Thanks.

That looked tricky but as with everything, you made the repair look easy. Nice.

Always a great job 👍 Thomas

Thomas I'm having to repair a failed contact adhesive between a Mango, paper backed veneer and the substrate. I'm hoping to work a better adhesive in between and reclamp the panel similar to this video but I'm looking for those thin, blunt knives you use. Are the a pallet knife perhaps? I really enjoy watching your videos. They are both extremely informative and relaxing.

Thanks, Tom. I learn something(s) from every video you post. Great work as always!

I hope to see a follow-up video with the finished piece. It kind of looks like a wreck. Probably due to poor storage (damp basement, attic, or garage).

I gotta see how it turns out!

Beautiful... Great Thom

Tom, thank you for all your videos -- I learn a great deal from you and have inspired me to get into antique repair. If you are able to comment, I have my 88 year old friend's dinning leaf that the veneer has bubbled in the middle of the leaf. The top is finished, and would like to know if I use heat, will that wreck the finish on the leaf, or how should I approach the fix? Thinking if I can heat it and loosen the attached areas around the bubble, glue can then be put under and clamped. I don't want to disturb the finish, as it matches the rest of the table. Thanks. Brett

Awesome! Nice video

Ahhhhh! Need to see the rest of it! Ifyou have time please set up that new camera again.

Lovely!

Tedious work, and i'm with Matt will there be a video for the finished product............ Please. Real curious to see the finished veneer work.

I just purchased an antique dresser that has veneer coming up on the bottom on the sides of the piece. I would love to try this heat gun with glue and clamping method you used. Do you mind if I ask what brand of heat gun you used? Does it matter? Sorry I am a complete newbie and need to go out and purchase one. I didn't know if there was one that was better to use on antiques. Thank you!

Does the finish need to be stripped prior to using heat ,hide glue and clamping?I love your informative videos and admire your skills!

Why doesn't the clamping board stick to the work piece? It appears the excess glue spreads out, therefore , I would think that as you removed the board it would pull the veneer.

I am refinishing some antique beds (total novice and doing everything wrong so far). It's taken me so long that the veneer is starting to warp. The wood seems very dried out and brittle now. In order to glue the veneer back down could I just heat it up with heat gun and glue it down or would I need a mixture like glycerin and methylated spirits to make it pliable first? What glue do you recommend for large pieces of veneer? Thx!

Hi, thank you for your videos. I've noticed that your videos became shorter. Can you say why? I loved your detailed videos, but now I have a feeling that I watch a demo versions :)

Ciao Thomas 👍👏👌

Hi Tom, I have an antique desk that has a veneer cover. It has buckled on the top of the desk. How do you fix it without putting a clamp since I will not be able to clamp it down since it is the whole top of the table?

This was really informative, but the problem I have is the veneer on both side panels of a chifferobe I'm trying to partially restore has buckled lengthwise along the grain on pretty much the entire panel. I'm not sure how I would go about regluing the veneer to the wood underneath. Can you offer some advice?

Cute pup

Have you ever thought of using a hyperdermic needle to get hide glue ( thinned) under those losse veneers?

Mr Jonhsom, could you explain how I could make a camber board?

Hi again. Rather interested in the practice of using an old iron to heat the surface, and then as the glue re-hardens to use a veneering "hammer" to press the veneer down again. Interested in your, or anyone else's, comment on this.

a cliffhanger! will there be a part II?

I would be worried after I took the clamps off that the board would be glued down to the veneer. How did you prevent that?

Is there a noticeable difference between Hide glue and modern glue? Maybe quality or adhesiveness? Do you use Hide glue to maintain the originality of a piece or is there other purposes? Great video!

Thank you for this great video Tom! I have a Singer Bentwood Wood Case with a large part of the front side peeling. It's a curved area so - how would you approach being able to clamp down the whole area at once? Thank you again. `Page

Hi. I have a piece with flame mahogany veneer on the drawer that has seperated in the middle, no matter how flat I clamp it I can't get the pieces to meet back in the middle. Is there some sort of fancy trick?

Hi Tom, My piece has a lot of varnish or lacquer of some sort on it, do I need to remove this before I attempt to repair the veneer?

When you put the board on to clamp, was the glue still wet? I wondered it so, what kept it all from sticking to your pine board....

Hi! I came upon your video when looking for help in repairing a 1925 Bentwood case for a Singer sewing machine. would this technique work in that case? one side is warped from what appears to be water damage. Thanks! :-)

what's the name of this adhesive? woau respect bravo❤👍

Where do you purchase the glue spatulas?

Thomas, what kind of putty do you recommend?

Cut us off at the passed. The veneer smoothed out - should look good. The end.

Too bad you didn't show the end result.