Sealing the edge of the plywood

[Art & Pat Burns]

Has anyone tried using the iron on edge banding you see in the stores for plywood? I have used it inside with success, but never outside in the weather.

Art

[Miriam C.]

I would bet that depends 100% on which edge you used it on. I wouldn't use it on an edge exposed to the outside. I used it in the galley and cabinet area.

[Sam I am]

I used it on mine instead of aluminum molding on the outside edges. I put two coats of Helmsman urethane varnish over it. So far it's held up through two rainstorms and a snowstorm!
Sam

[halfdome, Danny]

The best way to apply iron on wood banding is to first coat the plywood with glue like Tightbond ll and then iron it on.
Sand it flush & it will stay forever that way. Danny

[Nitetimes]

The best way to apply iron on wood banding is to first coat the plywood with glue like Tightbond ll and then iron it on. Danny

OK, I gotta ask cause I'm a little cornfused here. Ain't that what the glue on it is for?
Are you coating it and letting it dry or ironing it dry when you iron on the banding??

[halfdome, Danny]

The best way to apply iron on wood banding is to first coat the plywood with glue like Tightbond ll and then iron it on. Danny

OK, I gotta ask cause I'm a little cornfused here. Ain't that what the glue on it is for?
Are you coating it and letting it dry or ironing it dry when you iron on the banding??

Iron on wood tape is crap as far as the glue goes. I don't wait for the glue to dry but letting it dry will work just as well and it will be a little less messy. Take a piece of iron on tape and iron it on the edge of some plywood. Let it set for a few hours and pull on the tape that's overhanging the edge and you'll see it sticks here and there or all of it peels off. My automatic edgebander used hot melt pellets and if the temperature is off or the pressure on the pressure rollers is off I can peel it too. Coating the wood edge first with wood glue is the best way for iron on, been doing it that way for decades. Danny

[Nitetimes]

Good info, I'll file that in with the rest of the info in my head that hopefully will get remembered at the appropriate time!!!

[halfdome, Danny]

Another way to look at it is, it's recommended you size a wall before you apply prepasted wallpaper.
Different application but the same idea. Danny