On Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Michel Diotte wrote:
I have made 2 plastic laminated tops and I have used contact cement.
I am using mdf as a base for the tops. I find that spreading the glue can
be very tricky as the glue penetrates and starts drying as it is spread.
This causes build-ups in some spots and some areas are starved for glue.
What to do???
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks

Michel Diotte

if you're using a roller, apply the cement with a squeeze bottle, similar to a wood glue bottle. if you lay the cement out in evenly spaced lines across your material, it rolls out more evenly.

On 12/19/2016 10:19 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Michel Diotte wrote:
I have made 2 plastic laminated tops and I have used contact cement.
I am using mdf as a base for the tops. I find that spreading the glue can
be very tricky as the glue penetrates and starts drying as it is spread.
This causes build-ups in some spots and some areas are starved for glue.
What to do???
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks

Michel Diotte

if you're using a roller, apply the cement with a squeeze bottle, similar to a wood glue bottle. if you lay the cement out in evenly spaced lines across your material, it rolls out more evenly.


Get a squeegee for the bathroom.

I have also used old credit cards.

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Jeff

woodchucker wrote in
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On 12/19/2016 10:19 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Michel Diotte
wrote:
I have made 2 plastic laminated tops and I have used contact cement.
I am using mdf as a base for the tops. I find that spreading the
glue can be very tricky as the glue penetrates and starts drying as
it is spread. This causes build-ups in some spots and some areas are
starved for glue. What to do???
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks

Michel Diotte

if you're using a roller, apply the cement with a squeeze bottle,
similar to a wood glue bottle. if you lay the cement out in evenly
spaced lines across your material, it rolls out more evenly.


Get a squeegee for the bathroom.

I have also used old credit cards.

One certainly hopes that at some point between 1998 and now
Michel found an answer to his question.

Myself, I always use a brush for contact cement, and don't
worry about it being perfectly even (or about it drying as
it's spread, since it has to dry before the laminate is put
on anyway). Using a J-roller on the laminate, as one is
susposed to, seems to flatten any lumps in the cement just
fine.

John

On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 11:22:24 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
On 12/19/2016 10:19 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, December 27, 1998 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Michel Diotte wrote:
I have made 2 plastic laminated tops and I have used contact cement.
I am using mdf as a base for the tops. I find that spreading the glue can
be very tricky as the glue penetrates and starts drying as it is spread.
This causes build-ups in some spots and some areas are starved for glue.
What to do???
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks

Michel Diotte

if you're using a roller, apply the cement with a squeeze bottle, similar to a wood glue bottle. if you lay the cement out in evenly spaced lines across your material, it rolls out more evenly.


Get a squeegee for the bathroom.

I have also used old credit cards.


I save my hotel card keys. They make great spreaders, shims, etc.