How to remove #&!@#$! veneer tape

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My first veneer project.I veneered a panel with bookmatched veneer. I joined the seam betweenthe two bookmatched "leaves" together with gummed veneer tape. Put itin a press for a few hours. unitl the glue cured.Once out of the press, how do I get the veneer tape off?I've tried a scraper, but it still took a lot of pressure and repeatedscrapings. And its still not all off. I have a lot of doors to do thisway, so I'm looking for some labor saving secret.I tried moistening the tape. This helped but the glue seemed to be lefton the surface.If there's no easy way to get it off, could I avoid this problem anduse masking tape?Mitch.

David · Accepted Answer

You were on the right track.  Read this:  wrote:

Larry Jaques · Answer

On 3 Apr 2005 19:49:37 -0700, the inscrutable "Mitch" spake:

The veneer god I saw in Sandy Eggo used the moisture-set veneer tape. His stuff went for $15k+. He had just ordered a $150k machine to use it, too.

The blue painter's masking tape is successfully used by David Marks.

Darren King · Answer

Hi,In the UK I use a 'blue tape' which is a thin plastic tape made byTessa. This is much easier to remove than gummed tape and leavesabsolutely no residue what so ever. It doesn't have the same level ofadhesion though, so if you are making up a large and complicated layon I would probably stick (ho ho) to gummed.When removing gummed tape I normally leave it until it absolutely dryand then sand it off using a sander with good dust extraction, in mycase a Festool 150mm random orbit sander hooked up to a vacuumcleaner. The danger with removing the tape wet is that the gum getspushed down onto the grain and then you will never get it out.CheersDarren

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