How to remove wood veneer

[Jeff]

Hi Folks,

I'm trying to remove wood veneer from an old cedar woodbox. Nothing fancy. It is too much work to sand it off, so I've been using a sharp 1" chisel, but it is really slow going. Is there an easier way to remove wood veneer (eg, by loosining the glue somehow)? Thanks,

-- Jeff

[xrongor]

try steam from an iron maybe?

randy

[BinaryBillTheSailor]

Depends on the glue that was used, but if it was hide glue or similar, some heat will soften it right up.

BB

[Charles Spitzer]

a lot of veneer is put on with contact cement.

[nospambob]

[default]

Failing that, a 2' plane would probably go faster and with less chance of catastrophe than a 1" chisel.

[Jimmie]

Last time I did this was while restoring a radio cabinet. I placed a damp towel over the veneer and went over it with a hot iron. The steam losened it right up. Had tried this with a steam iron and it did not work as well.