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Title: Seal-A-Meal
Post by: pditto613 on May 05, 2009, 08:59:00 PM

Has anybody tried using a seal-a-meal as a vacuum press for gluing risers?  I did a riser with some accent stripes and it worked great.  Just shrink wraped a few turns to keep everything in place and then vacuumed and sealed.  I did a test piece with regular wood glue and it took forever to cure, no way for the moisture to escape.  But worked great with Smooth on.  Heating not a problem,the bags are designed to be boiled.  Haven't tried any irregular shapes yet, but plan on it.

Title: Re: Seal-A-Meal
Post by: kennym on May 06, 2009, 08:18:00 PM

I haven't ,but I like the idea!!

Title: Re: Seal-A-Meal
Post by: Pruneemac on May 07, 2009, 11:15:00 AM

not enough vacuum