Thread: plywood edging

Scott Brown carpentry is a good channel, I watch all of his stuff.

They show how how they do it in the video, they route a rebate, mask it up and spray paint the edge black.

cheers Andrew

opps I got so excited I didnt get to watch it all, I am hoping to railroad a committee into doing this to freshen up inside of a tired building.

I am considering doing something similar when I line my workshop. If a join is too hard to hide then make it a feature, it’s a neat trick I have used a few times over the years.

Cheers Andrew

If you watch the video through, you will see that that they cut the sheets to size/shape to match the gyprock, check size and position, correct if required, then route a rebate on edges that need to meet a plain edge on the next sheet, mask that up, and spray the face of the rebate with a black rattle can, then remove the masking tape leaving the edge of the rebate raw, to match the raw edge of the adjoining sheet. Ply is glued to the gyprock, assisted by a few pins into the raw edges in the shadows.

Overall a very neat system that produces good results, but I did notice a couple of small open voids in the raw edge of the window linings.

Originally Posted by malb

Overall a very neat system that produces good results, but I did notice a couple of small open voids in the raw edge of the window linings.

saw those to, but I couldnt do better. If we go this way I think, spray brick wall behind then use small spaces between sheets

While on the subject I would hope to glue secure to besser block walls liquid nail hold up al right?

Use Sikaflex, its more expensive but 100% better than LN which breaks down over a period of time and does not have the long term flexibility, it becomes very brittle and the differential movement between masonry and timber it will eventually let go

Happy to be corrected here but wouldn't Sikabond be a better choice? Better inital grab and overall strength. It'll be less elastic than Sikaflex but is still elastic enough not to break down like Liquid Nails.

Either one, take your pick

Liquid nails is garbage, we don’t use it at all nowadays. Sikabond fc is the go, sticks like the proverbial to s blanket. There’s probably a primer to use for masonry, look up their website or ring their technical assistance line, they have very knowledgeable people there.