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[mikke60]

Just got back from picking up 12 sheets of 1/16" cherry plywood. This material is awesome looking and will bend easily for the ceiling on my 5a. Best of all,I only paid 300 for all 12- 4by8 sheets. This is the answer to my ceiling I have been looking for..
Mike

[Brian Diehl]

Very interesting Mike ... got my wheels spinning.  Where did you get this product?  Is it really only 1/16" thick?  How do you intend to attach it?
Thanks!

[MEverard]

It sounds like you bought sheets of cherry veneer. Be careful what you attach it to. It must be solid backing like plywood. I would think contact cement to attach. You must make sure that substrate is perfectly flat, and all aspects of veneer are attached. Something that thin is going to show any and all imperfections in the substrate and method of attachment.

Good Luck,
Mike

[bevans6]

I would test glue some first, some glues may print through that.  It's designed to be glued flat or curved to finish wood.  I bet it works a treat!  Remember cherry darkens dramatically in sunlight.

Brian

[Jeremy]

The original poster did say 'plywood' and 1/16" (1.5mm) plywood certainly exists, although I can't immediately recall ever coming across cherry ply in that thickness before. 1.5mm ply is often called 'aero ply', being traditionally of made with birch plies and used in aircraft construction. It's fantastic stuff if you can get hold of it, especially in big sheets. Model shops frequently stock it, but only in small sizes.

If it is 1.5mm constructional veneer, that's also a very good find, especially if it was cheap; being thicker than decorative veneer it will be slightly more tolerant to work with, but is definitely still a skill that needs practice. Any traditional veneering glue (rabbit glue etc) would work fine, although I had a bad experience using rabbit glue on some veneering I did on a vehicle interior once - evidently the temperature inside the vehicle could get high enough on very hot days for the glue to start to soften. Contact adhesive is also a good option - it's less tolerant of mistakes than the hot-melt types, but the hot-melt glues do need more clamping, so it's swings and roundabouts I suppose.

Jeremy

[mikke60]

I have been in the custom home trade in New england for almost 35 years and this is the first time i have seen this product myself. It is no doubt a multi ply and is just 1/6".I am leaning toward using a mastic type glue, such as the type applying parquet flooring. always open to ideas however..Bought it from private sale(he got it for free). still has 38 more sheets if I need more
Mike