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H2O Bungalow – How to Remove Veneer From Wood.Decor Adventures – How to Remove Wood Veneer from Furniture.DIY Passion – The Trick to Removing Veneer from Wood Furniture.Here are useful links for removing veneer: Finally, I tried an electric sander and POOF, hours and days later, I sanded through all of the veneer. I was at the end of the rope and ready to pitch it to the curb. All this did was catch little pieces of veneer on fire. Small pieces would break off, but the majority would not budge. Then I tried using a damp towel and iron, to create moist heat, and loosen the glue underneath the veneer. I started with what seemed easiest, using a razor and chipping it off, and got no where. Veneer Removal Methods Scraping Veneer with Blade Veneer Wet Towel Veneer Heat Gun I scoured the internet for hours and found several methods for removing veneer. As I started chipping away at the veneer, I just couldn’t resist the idea of another raw wood piece of furniture in my home. To paint the piece, I needed to do something about the damaged veneer because it would be obvious under the paint. So you’ve found a piece of furniture with damaged veneer, what do you do next? For me, it was a question of painting the piece or refinishing it. This piece was easy to identify as veneer because it was already peeling and chipping badly when I found it in the store.Ĭhipping Veneer on Furniture How to remove veneer?.Professor’s House also has a great description in their post, “How to Tell if Furniture is Made from Real Wood.”.Revolve Furnishings sums it up well in the their post, “Wood Veneer vs.You may find yourself asking, what is veneer?

Veneer Removal Before and After How do you know if a piece is veneer? This post also contains affiliate links, with commission from your purchases.

The Coastal Oak is not responsible for information gained on outside links. This post contains outside links to websites not managed by The Coastal Oak. This is how I completed the project, what worked for me and didn’t work for me, tutorials I used, and my take home messages for removing veneer. This is not a tutorial or meant to be a tutorial. After several cuts, swear words, and a horrible mess in my foyer, I opted to take it out on the porch and try an electric sander. I tried several different techniques for removing veneer. This project quickly turned into a monster. Originally I wanted to paint it for our foyer, but as veneer started chipping away, I had the wonderful idea of removing the veneer and attempting to “strip” it. I’m introducing you to my latest piece, the empire chest.Īfter doing a quick search on Antique Trader, it was estimated that this piece is from the Empire period (1805-1830). I’m not sure if it’s just the drive to get things completed, or a spark of creativity when pregnant, but I have been in overdrive the last several months with these furniture projects. My husband recently said that two things do not mix, me being pregnant and me “stopping by” a secondhand store.