Veneer Stripped Off Cockpit Table - Options?

[mudkipper]

Many thanks Concerto, Tranona and Planteater for your tips.

Will start looking, meantime found that Robbins Timber in Bristol do it, and are extremely helpful (but only do full sheets) should that be of interest to others

John

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

What is a fiddle? Other than an instrument.

They are strips of wood that stop things from sliding off of the table. They can easily be made removable by having pins (headless screws) on the underside that fit into holes on the table surface.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

if its any help in making your decision, here's my saloon table, mid refit with a white formica veneer and wooden fiddles

 

[davidpbo]

Stripped the veneer on my washboard. I thought the the zig zag pattern that appeared whilst sanding was a scratch where the random orbital sander had caught it. It was the veneer's glue. Very thin veneer I had not been overly fierce with the sander.

I have previous with a utility issue Oak table.

 

[srp]

Most veneered boards as used to make cockpit tables and the like have a face veneer of 0.6mm or less. I have re-veneered several cockpit tables using iron-on veneers from http://www.woodveneeruk.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=Iron-on-Teak-Veneer
Unless you have access to a vacuum bag setup this is really the best option - trying to glue a veneer with pva held down with cauls and clamps on anything larger than a matchbox is almost bound to end in hollow spots. With iron-on glue you can always re-apply the iron if you subsequently find a hollow patch, which you can't do with pva.
If you have a router you can also take the time to glue on some decent lipping around 10 - 16 mm thick, which will protect the face veneer much better than thin iron-on edging.