TIL warming the glue makes edge banding hold tight

Just wrapped up a small built-in bookcase project. The edge banding kept lifting no matter how much I pressed it. I remembered an old tip about using a hair dryer on the adhesive side. Gave it a quick warm-up and the banding stuck right down. Really happy with how clean the edges look now.

2 comments

2 Comments

richard5781mo ago

Just seems like a quick fix that won't last.

cora_jenkins1mo ago

Quick fixes DO fall apart, @richard578. You gotta dig into the root cause or it just comes back. Took me years to learn that the hard way.