veneer glue

[Austin Dienner]

I am doing a very small veneer design on top of a jewelry box, it is not an inlay it just sits on top of the box. I was wondering what kind of glue would be the best for this application. The whole design is only about 2 x 2 inches, so it has very small pieces. What glue would be best for attaching the pattern to the box top?

[Larry Fox]

I am doing a very small veneer design on top of a jewelry box, it is not an inlay it just sits on top of the box. I was wondering what kind of glue would be the best for this application. The whole design is only about 2 x 2 inches, so it has very small pieces. What glue would be best for attaching the pattern to the box top?

Hide glue comes to mind. However for such a small area, depending on how thick the veneer is and how readily you can clamp it, I would say that yellow glue under some clamping pressure might do the trick.

[Justin James]

If it works for what you're doing, you might try the trick of coating both surfaces very thinly with yellow glue, letting it dry, then ironing it on.