Tools for Repairing Veneer Furniture

Video Transcript

"Now to fix bubbles, we're going to need a few tools. They're basically simple things you can pick up at any hardware store. A couple things I like to use are artist spatulas. They're real flexible, they're real thin. They can get your glue into between the surfaces. They come in wider ones, thinner ones. It just depends how big the crack is you're working with and how far in you need to push it to get the glue back in there. Another piece we might need is a chisel to clean out the area, cut the veneer, get the surface opened up a little more. We also use a Xacto knife or razor blade. What that does is it also makes a very, very thin cut, allows for when we push the bubble back down, we don't have a big seam there. We'll have a real nice shallow cut, so when it glues back down, back together, you don't have that big opening there. We might need a straight edge if we're going to cut a straight line. And we adjust it to wherever we need, however long we need to make the cut. Gives us a nice straight cut with a razor blade edge. So when you push your bubble back down, it's almost invisible, when the glue dries and holds the bubble down. You also need a glue bottle, of course. Any mustard bottle, things like that. You can buy at any dime store. And I usually fill these up with a gallon container. This is a lot easier to handle than a gallon container. So, we use these all the time. We're also going to need a wet rag. Any kind of cotton rag works great. Just get it wet with warm water, wring it out. That will get rid of our excess glue. The other thing we'll need are clamps. We're going to need to clamp down the bubble once we get the situation glued and ready to put the bubble back down. Blocks of wood sometimes give you a flat surface. When you put that under the clamp, it forces the bubble to go down tight. Well, these are just a few of the things we're going to use. So now I'm going to show you the next step."