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18th February 2014, 05:04 AM #1New Member
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Goatskin parchment application?
Hi all, this is my first post so hopefully you can be of help.
I'm doing a cabinet making college project i intend to wrap the cabinet in real goatskin parchment. The effect i intend to achieve is a check pattern made out of squares or 'tiles' cut from the parchment.
The problem is finding information regarding the application of parchment to (in my case MDF 18mm) ie: weather the parchment can be glued down while dry or does it have to soaked first? And in either case what type of glue should i use. Hige glue? Fish glue?
I'd greatly appreciate help with this matter as its almost impossible to find information regarding this.
Regards Andrew
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18th February 2014, 07:36 AM #2
Have you sourced the parchment already? Best way is to test. I would suggest that hide glue would be the best adhesive and that you will need to soak the parchment first. It will shrink on drying but apart from drying on the frame there is no way to stop that.
Why mdf? it will behave like a sponge unless you thoroughly size it with hide glue first."We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer
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18th February 2014, 08:19 AM #3
I'd echo Sebastiaan's suggestion to try it on a sample first. However, I'd also try it using Yellow PVA glue, e.g. Titebond II. Put it on the parchment and MDF, let it dry for at least an hour and iron it on with a hot iron. Put a piece of brown paper between the parchment and iron.
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18th February 2014, 02:20 PM #4
Don't wet it, use it dry. A resin based glue would probably do the best job. Will you varnish over the top?
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18th February 2014, 10:01 PM #5
Good Morning Andrew
Firstly, welcome to the Forum with your maiden post.
I am rather surprised that you have not been able information on parchment - - it has been around for a few thousand years! Trust you are not hoping that someone else will do your research.
Perhaps you could start with searching the Encyclopædia Britannica, your college library and google for:
- parchment - made from virtually any animal skin,
- vellum - parchment made from calfskin, and
- pergamano - craft work using parchment.
A word of warning; if parchment is saturated then it may revert to being rawhide so I would be very wary of wetting it or using water based glues or size. I do not know the effects of other solvents, so always test on a piece of scrap.
Happy hunting with your research.
Fair Winds
Graeme
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