veneer is not cheap....Menards: 2'x4' ---29.99

[mldollins]

This seems pricey....any other options????/

[Jim-mi]

I'm missing something here . . .????????

[texican]

Try granite.

[mldollins]

Sorry,
I am redoing some antique furniture where the veneer is peeling. I intend to remove the old and put new.

[Harry Chickpea]

While it is a little more than you might expect, most of that is inflation. If I had to pay $5 for it in the mid-1970s I would have thought it reasonable. Inflation is how we get to pay for the war in Iraq and the bailout of Wall Street. It isn't republican or democrat, but the way the government has found to tax people without their complaining or even being aware that inflation is a tax. Who makes the money??? If there is more of it in circulation and it is worth less, who benefits with more people hitting a higher tax bracket, etc.?

[mldollins]

Was that a public service announcement or an infomercial?

[copperkid3]

Wellllll......Gollllllyyyy........so that's how economics work, huh???


Just saying though.......I think it needs more cowbells....

[Wisconsin Ann]

Sounds fairly reasonable to me. Veneer is a solid sheet of GOOD wood, carefully pieced together to make it look like a continuous piece. taken down to THIN, quality control is supposed to be quite high.

What type of wood? Walnut runs $100 for a 4x8sheet at woodworking shops. Cherry pretty close to that.

The trims are a lot cheaper...any way you can just remove the bits that are peeling and piece them? hmm..you probably looked into that already.

ETA: Had a thought....how large of a single piece do you need? The smaller the piece, the lower per square foot the price goes. For instance, you can get a 20 sq foot "pack" of smaller pieces (12" x 5.5") for $25. or like this one for $15 at Woodcraft:

Twelve square foot packs of solid wood veneer for larger projects. Packs are comprised of sequence matched veneers 48-1/2" in length and 4-1/2" to 6-1/2" in width. All pieces of veneer in a pack will be the same width. Grain runs lengthwise.

It's not as simple to work with on large pieces..you have to lay down pieces and do your own matching...