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For pieces of furniture made of laminated chipboard, the edges without processing do not look very aesthetically pleasing. In addition, formaldehyde resin, which holds the chips together in the board, can be a source of harmful fumes. To avoid these problems, use a special furniture profile or edge. For gluing the edges, special equipment is usually used, but this task can be handled independently at home. So, the edge for the countertop with glue - how to glue? We'll talk about this.

Types of furniture edges

Chipboard is one of the most common materials in furniture production. The furniture edge is designed to mask the cuts formed after cutting the necessary parts. For the manufacture of decorative strips, various edges are used. They are made from different materials. They also have different features and prices. Before gluing the edge on the countertop, consider the main types of materials.

Paper with melamine

Melamine-impregnated paper edging is the cheapest option. For its manufacture, thick paper impregnated with melamine and varnished is used. For the convenience of edging, an adhesive coating is applied to the reverse side of the film. Working with the material is extremely simple: you need to warm it up and press it well against the furniture end.

Important! Paper edging is not only the cheapest, but also the most short-lived type of finish.

The most common paper tape thicknesses are 0.2 and 0.4 mm. Using a thicker edge is pointless, and the price will increase significantly.

Important! Paper tapes bend well, do not break, but their mechanical strength is extremely low. For this reason, paper edging is used on the back of a shelf or countertop - where there is no heavy load.

PVC

Durable and practical polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has found application in furniture production. A tape is formed from the polymer mass, painted in one color or another. The front surface can be smooth or textured (imitation of wood fibers). There are so many color options that you can choose the right one without much difficulty. At the same time, the price of PVC is more than affordable.

Sticking PVC is very simple, so home craftsmen often use it. You can achieve good results with simple tools. The advantages of PVC tape include:

• High strength.
• Moisture resistance.
• Chemical neutrality to household chemicals.

The thickness of the furniture edge is 0.4-4.0 mm, with a width of 19-54 mm. Tapes are available with or without adhesive.

Important! Polyvinyl chloride also has a significant minus: a not very wide operating temperature range (-5 - +45 degrees). Therefore, in winter time furniture should not be left outside for a long time (for example, when moving). Care must also be taken when heating the material before gluing, so that it does not melt.

ABS (ABC) plastic

This is an environmentally friendly material that does not contain impurities harmful to health. It is durable and practical, resistant to significant temperature changes. It has one drawback - a relatively high cost.

Important! ABC tape can be matte, semi-gloss or glossy. There is a furniture tape that imitates various varieties tree.

Veneer

This is the thinnest wood cut, processed and shaped like a ribbon. It is used when finishing the edges of veneer products. The material is expensive and quite difficult to use. The sticker of this material requires certain skills, so it is advisable to turn to the masters.

Acrylic

The reverse side of the tape has a pattern, and a transparent acrylic layer creates a three-dimensional effect. Therefore, it is also known as 3D. This option is suitable for furniture with an original design.

Profiles

In addition to the edges, a special T-shaped or U-shaped profile is used for furniture finishing. For T-shaped profiles, a groove is formed in the edge. The profile itself is hammered into the groove with a mallet. There are profiles in 14 and 16 mm made of plastic or aluminum. Installation of a profile with a U-shaped section is carried out on a special glue.

Important! The disadvantage of this type of finish is that they are of little use for curved surfaces.

How to glue the edge on the tabletop with your own hands?

There are 2 types of gluing:

• The first one refers to materials with an adhesive applied.
• The second concerns gluing tapes without an adhesive layer.

Important! In the latter case, they acquire a universal glue that glues edging, wood and plastic equally well.

Now about how thick the material to choose. According to the canons of GOST, edges that are not visible can not be processed. But it’s better not to be too lazy and trim all the cuts. This is necessary to avoid absorption of moisture by chipboard and evaporation of formaldehyde:

• For the treatment of inconspicuous areas, PVC tape with a thickness of 0.4 mm is used.
• On the “front” edges, a PVC tape 2 mm thick is used.
• For shelves - 1 mm.

Self-adhesive adhesive tape

Start working with thin edges. To begin with, consider the installation of melamine or PVC tape. Consider how to glue the edge on the chipboard with an iron. To do this, you will need scissors and an ordinary iron with a fluoroplastic nozzle. The procedure is as follows:

1. Cut off a piece of tape with a margin of 1.5-2.0 cm.
2. Put the iron on the “deuce”.
3. Attach the edge to the surface to be treated, level it so that small pieces hang down along the edges.
4. Iron the ribbon through the nozzle. If there is no nozzle, you can use soft textiles.
5. After the edge has dried, trim the edges. To make them look as even as possible, process them with a manual router.

Important! Trimming the edges must be done with the utmost care. The material is thin, all defects are very noticeable.

Edging with PVC tape without adhesive

To stick a PVC tape without a special layer, you will need a universal glue for PVC edges to furniture (for example, “Moment”) and a piece of soft textile:

1. Be sure to read the instructions for the adhesive first.
2. Now apply glue to the tape, wait for the time indicated in the instructions, then connect the surfaces to be glued.
3. To press surfaces more tightly, use wooden block or soft cloth.
4. Press down on the tape in a stroking motion for better adhesion.
5. After the glue has completely hardened, you can align the edges.

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There are no particular difficulties in repairing sections of furniture. The main thing is to choose best option material and apply it correctly, and how to do it - you now know, thanks to this review.

(LDSP) the edges of parts without processing have an unsightly appearance. To put them in order, a furniture edge and a profile are used. It is more convenient to work with them on special equipment, but you can also achieve good results with your own hands at home.

Types of furniture edges

One of the most popular materials for making furniture is chipboard. Its disadvantage is the ugly edges that remain when cutting the part. These edges are masked by the furniture edge. They make it from different materials, respectively, it has different properties and price.

Paper or melamine edges

The cheapest option is melamine impregnated paper edges. Paper is taken with increased density, impregnated with melamine to increase strength and pasted on papyrus paper. Papyrus can be single-layered (cheaper) and double-layered. To prevent the melamnov coating from being erased, everything is covered with a layer of varnish. To make it more convenient to edge parts, an adhesive composition is applied to the reverse side of the melamine furniture edge. When working, it is only necessary to warm up this composition slightly and press it well against the end.

Paper or melamine edging is the cheapest, but also the most short-lived option for finishing the ends of furniture

The thickness of paper edge tapes is small - 0.2 mm and 0.4 mm - the most common. There is no point in doing it thicker, and it will turn out expensive.

This type of edges is distinguished by the fact that it bends very well and does not break when bent. But its mechanical strength is very low - the edge is quickly worn out. Therefore, if it is used, then only on those surfaces that are not subjected to stress. For example, on the back of shelves, countertops, etc.

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride, which has recently become widespread, is also used in the production of edges for furniture. From the mass painted in a certain color, a tape of a certain width and thickness is formed. Its front surface can be smooth monophonic, or it can be textured - with imitation of wood fibers. The number of colors is large, so it is easy to choose the right one.

PVC furniture edge is the most popular material used by both home craftsmen and professionals. This is due to the relatively low price and good performance properties:

PVC furniture edge is available in different thicknesses and widths. Thickness - from 0.4 mm to 4 mm, width from 19 mm to 54 mm. The thickness is chosen depending on the expected mechanical load or appearance, and the width is slightly larger (at least 2-3 mm) than the thickness of the workpiece. There is a furniture PVC edge with applied adhesive composition, yes - without. Both can be glued at home (more on that below).

This type of edging material also has disadvantages: not very wide temperature regime: -5°C to +45°C. For this reason, furniture cannot be left outside in winter, and when pasting with heating, you must be careful not to melt the polymer.

Made of ABS (ABS) plastic

This polymer does not contain heavy metals, is characterized by high strength and durability. The disadvantage can be considered a high price, therefore it is used extremely rarely, although it has excellent properties:

This type of edge can be matte, glossy, semi-gloss. There are also options that imitate different types of wood. In general, this material is more convenient to work with and more durable in use.

Veneer edge

Veneer is a thin slice of wood that has been dyed and shaped into a ribbon. This furniture edge is used in production when pasting slices of veneered products. Working with this material requires certain skills, and the material is expensive.

Veneer is not the most popular material for edging

Acrylic edge or 3D

Made from clear acrylic. On reverse side stripes are applied drawing. The polymer layer on top gives it volume, which is why it is called a 3D edge. It is used in the manufacture of furniture in an unusual design.

Furniture edge profiles

You can finish the edge of furniture not only with an edge tape. There are also furniture profiles that are mechanically fastened. They have two sections - T-shaped or U-shaped (also called C-shaped).

A groove is milled under the T-shaped furniture profiles in the processed edge. A profile is hammered into it with a furniture (rubber) mallet. The edges are cut at 45° to make the corner look attractive. It is brought to perfect condition with fine sandpaper. This type of profiles is produced from PVC and aluminum, with the same installation method they look very different, and the differences are significant.

In width, they are available for chipboard 16 mm and 18 mm. There are also wide ones, but they are much less common, since they work less with such material.

C- or U-shaped profiles are most often mounted on glue. They smear the edge, then put on plastic profile well pressed and fixed. These PVC profiles are soft and hard. Rigid ones bend worse and it is difficult to paste over curved edges with them. But they have great strength.

If you still need to "plant" a rigid C-shaped furniture profile in a bend, it is heated with a building hair dryer, then given the desired shape and fixed with masking tape until the glue dries.

We glue the furniture edge with our own hands

There are two technologies for gluing furniture edge tape. The first is for those who have glue applied on the back. In this case, you need an iron or a building hair dryer. The second is for sticking tapes without glue. In this case, you need a good all-purpose glue that can glue plastics and wood products and a furniture roller, a piece of felt or a soft rag so that you can press the edge well against the cut.

A little about how thick the edge to glue on what parts. Those edges that are not visible, according to GOST, you can not glue them at all, but basically they try to process them so that moisture is less absorbed into the chipboard, and also to reduce the evaporation of formaldehyde. Melamine tape or PVC 0.4 mm is glued to these edges. Also handle the edges drawers(not facades).

On the front ends of the facade and drawers, it is better to use PVC 2 mm, and on the visible sections of the shelves - PVC 1 mm. The color is chosen either to match the main surface or “in contrast”.

How to glue the edging with glue yourself

The adhesive composition is applied to the melamine edge, it happens on PVC. If you choose PVC, it’s easier to start with thin ones - they are easier to process, any melamine ones are easy to glue.

We take an iron and a fluoroplastic nozzle on it. If there is no nozzle, a dense cotton fabric will do - so as not to overheat the tape, but to melt the glue. For this purpose, a building hair dryer is also suitable. We put the iron on about “deuce”, while it is heated, cut off a piece of tape. Length - a couple of centimeters more than the workpiece.

We apply the edge to the part, level it, smooth it. Small pieces should hang down from both sides. We take an iron and, through a nozzle or a rag, iron the edge, warming up until the glue melts. It is necessary to warm up evenly over the entire surface. After the entire edge is glued, let it cool. Then we start processing the edges.

The edge can be cut with a knife, both sharp and blunt side. Someone uses a regular metal ruler, someone is more comfortable with a stainless steel spatula.

So, we take the tool of your choice, cut off the hanging edges of the edge. They are cut close to the material. Then cut off the excess along the part. Melamine and thin plastic are perfectly cut with a knife. If the PVC edge is thicker - 0.5-0.6 mm or more, difficulties may already arise. Such edges are possible, if any. This guarantees a good result in a short time. Longer processing will last if you use sandpaper, but the result may not be worse.

One important point: when gluing thin edges, the cut of the part must be even, without protrusions and depressions. The material is plastic, because of which all defects are visible. Therefore, first go through the cuts with sandpaper, then carefully dedust, degrease. Only after that you can glue.

Edging with PVC tape (without adhesive on the reverse side)

With this method of self-gluing PVC edges, you need universal glue and a piece of felt or rag. We read the instructions for the glue, perform all the actions on the recommendation. For example, for Moment glue, it is necessary to apply on the surface and distribute the composition, wait 15 minutes, press the surfaces to be glued strongly.

Apply glue and wait - no problem. To tightly press the edge to the cut, you can use a wooden block wrapped in felt. Instead of a bar, you can take a construction grater, and also attach felt to its sole. In extreme cases, you can roll up a dense fabric in several layers and thereby press the tape to the surface.

The selected tool is pressed against the laid edge, pressed with all the weight, pressing it against the chipboard surface. The movements at the same time are stroking. So iron the entire edge, achieving a very snug fit. In this form, the part is left for a while - so that the glue "grabs". Then you can start processing the edge.

In this article, we will consider the simplest option - this is gluing a 2 mm edge with a pre-applied hot melt adhesive. You can order such an edge either in the supplier company or in the workshop. The increase in its cost will be 2-5 rubles per meter.

To glue such an edge, we need a technical hair dryer (thermal gun), a milling cutter (preferably an edge cutter), a molding cutter, a sharp knife, a file and a cotton glove.

We fix the part vertically or horizontally - as you prefer (it is advisable to fix it with clamps).

First, we warm up the tip (about 5 cm) of the edge well so that the glue melts and the edge itself becomes soft.

We apply the edge and, heating the glue with a stream of air, together with the end of the part, smooth the edge with a gloved hand. After warming up the area about 10 cm long, set aside the hair dryer and iron the area more carefully and so on every time. The main thing here is not to overheat the edge (the overheated edge easily bends - just by itself - and in this case the places of inflections in the form of waves will remain visible).

We look at the glue seam again, heat the non-glued places with a hairdryer again (and it is necessary to heat it from the front side, warming up the entire edge) and smooth it until it fits completely.

We turn to cutting overhangs. If you have an edge router, then everything is fine, but if only a universal manual one, then it will require refinement, because. do not put it on the edge of the workpiece - the overhang interferes.

I screwed a piece of chipboard onto the sole, which allowed me to lift the sole on one side only.

Then, of course, I made myself a normal edging - I will use it in the lesson.

Practice on scraps first to fine-tune the cutter cut, otherwise you risk damaging the laminate. Like this, for example:

A milling cutter with a molding copy cutter (curve radius 3 mm) carefully, without swaying, guides along the workpiece face, cutting off excess edges.

We turn over to the other side and repeat all the manipulations to smooth the jambs and cut off the overhangs.

We cut off the remains from the ends as follows: we press with a sharp knife along the edge, forming a scratch. We lay the workpiece on the edge of the table along the line of the scratch, after which we break it off with a downward movement.

Or we saw off a piece from the end with a hacksaw blade (the main thing here is not to scratch the adjacent edge perpendicular to the sawn one).

Irregularities and roughness are cleaned with a file.

The end result should be something like this. For clarity, a straight (short) piece of the edge was glued on the machine, and a long one (which covers the bend) was glued by hand. The difference is almost invisible.

The edge in furniture production is necessary to protect the end edges of the product from chips, cracks and other damage, and it also protects against moisture and formaldehyde vapor.

You will learn about what edges are, as well as how to glue them and how to glue an edge with an iron and a hairdryer, from this article.

Types of edges - why are they needed

1. The most common type is melamine edge with paper based adhesive. It is applied to finishing of internal sites of furniture. Affordable, inexpensive, but not the best quality option. Does not tolerate moisture, wears out quickly. Easy to stick at home with a simple iron.
2. T-shaped flexible profile- is a T-shaped bar, it is inserted into a slot in the side of the chipboard or MDF. It is convenient to replace the damaged element in the future without disassembling the furniture. Installation requires a milling machine.
3. PVC edging - reliably protects the ends of furniture from damage, is wear-resistant, resistant to moisture. Gluing PVC edging will require an edger, so using this type of edge at home is difficult.
4. ABS plastic is an eco-friendly, chlorine-free option. Valued for resistance to high temperatures and physical damage.

All options can be divided into two subspecies - edges without glue and with glue.

The average cost of a profile per linear meter:

• PVC 0.4 mm thick - about 25 rubles,
• PVC 2 mm thick - about 40 rubles,
• Melamine material for chipboard - about 25 rubles.

In our country, products from Rehau are actively used, which offers a large selection color solutions, as well as different tape widths from 15 to 45 mm.

To simplify the work, you can use various specialized furniture programs that will calculate how much material is needed to glue the edges.

PVC edge - how to glue in stages at home

For work you will need:

• iron or building hair dryer,
• and of course buy a PVC edge with glue
• hard roller,
• newspaper or paper sheet

The material is heated to make the adhesive sticky. Heating is performed with an iron in the "Synthetics" mode.

• The profile is applied to the end in such a way that it overlaps the end of the section.
• Next, the iron again performs heating through the newspaper. Since the glue dissolves quickly, the process is quite active, and it is convenient to move the iron along the PVC edge.
• The edge itself must be carefully pressed and ironed until it sticks along the entire length.

1. Bonding with a building hair dryer. Instead of an iron, you can use a building hair dryer. The PVC edge is heated from the adhesive side and when the composition becomes sticky, the material is applied to the end of the desired area, clamped and gently smoothed.
2. Gluing with glue "Moment". This method is suitable if there is no adhesive layer on the edge. The quality of the butt is checked manually, sawdust, rubbish, dust are removed until the surface is clean. Then glue is applied to both the material and the end and wait until it sets. After that, apply and press. Using a roller, the area is rolled so that the glue grabs faster.

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How to remove excess material

If it was not possible to carefully glue the edge the first time, the procedure will have to be repeated. To do this, glue is again applied to the area and the profile is clamped with a roller or manually.

Since usually the width of the PVC edges is taken with a margin, you need to carefully remove the excess along the edges. To do this, use a regular clerical knife or file. It is taken with both hands and pressed on the protruding fragment. As a result, the excess parts are broken off and an edge remains that matches the width of the site.

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After everything is glued, it remains to process the bumps with sandpaper.

How to glue an edge on chipboard - a description

Melamine edging is the best option for home use when you need to refurbish old furniture with minimal cost. If the furniture is expensive, it is better to turn to professionals who use other more expensive and high-quality material.

Consider, how to glue the edge on a chipboard tabletop at home.

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To work, you will need the following materials:

• skin,
• sharply sharpened knife-jamb,
• wallpaper roller,
• melamine edge,
• building hair dryer or iron.

Action algorithm:

1. select the operating mode of the iron so that it does not get too hot and does not burn the chipboard and at the same time ensures proper melting of the glue,
2. process the edges of the chipboard for gluing with sandpaper, eliminate irregularities,
3. measure the profile
4. heat it with an iron and press it firmly against the area with a roller (if there is no adhesive layer, you will need to apply glue to the edge yourself, for example, Moment glue),
5. cut off the hanging edges of the edge with a knife.

It is necessary to cut at an angle along the edge, slightly wringing the material. Then it remains to sand the edges so that there are no burrs and irregularities.

If the cut of the edge and the chipboard itself are slightly different, the stain will help correct the difference.

In the case when the part has a complex shape, and the edge of the surface is characterized by complex relief, it is not always possible to glue the material evenly the first time. In such a situation, it is worth contacting professionals so as not to spoil the product.

Types of edge glue

What glue to choose for the edge

Professionals furniture production actively use hot melt adhesives for edging. They are convenient in the event that production will be put on stream, and it is required as high quality results, and fast speed.

Hot melt adhesives are thermoplastics, which means that when heated they become very elastic and when cooled they harden quickly. The polymer of ethylene with vinyl acetate, which is part of the adhesive, is responsible for these properties. The disadvantage of using is the need to use special equipment, namely the appropriate machines or hand guns for applying glue to parts and heating it.

1. IN living conditions PVC glue is often used, which adheres paper materials well to various surfaces. Homogeneous without lumps light color the mass adheres well to surfaces, but is afraid of moisture. It does not require the use of additional equipment, therefore it is convenient for non-professional masters to use.
2. fit universal adhesives"Moment" and "88-Lux", which will reliably stick the material to the surface of chipboard and PVC. After 3-4 hours the product can be used. Adhesives are inexpensive, safe and available.
3. Of the professional furniture edge adhesive, it is worth noting products from Kleiberit. The company offers hot melt adhesives for cladding, for gluing the material using the soft-forming method (in case the surface is embossed), as well as for cladding.

When furniture begins to peel off the edge, you need to fix it as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be damaged and you will have to remove the protective film and replace it with a new one.

Chipboard on the cut is ugly and is also exposed to moisture, so the edge must be sealed.

The edges of the veneer peel off and wooden furniture, but more often in furniture made of laminated chipboard with a melamine or plastic edge.

When cutting the board, edges are formed on which a raw chipboard is exposed, which must be closed. Depending on which edge the manufacturer uses, there are various options repair.

Adhesive edging made of melamine and plastic is available in a wide range of decors.

Melamine edges

The cheapest option is melamine edges, which are made from the same material as the film that the chipboard is covered with. Melamine resin is a very durable material that can withstand high temperatures.

Therefore, melamine edges are usually supplied with a layer of hot melt adhesive, which is activated at home with a regular iron. The tape with the adhesive layer is superimposed on the edge and on the front side, preferably through a clean sheet of paper, ironed with a warm iron until the hot glue spreads over the tape and sticks to the surface of the edge.

Melamine edges are thin and have a layer of hot-melt adhesive on the reverse side, while plastic edges are up to three millimeters thick and without glue.

In order to stick a melanin edge with high quality, you need to have experience in practice and the result will not always be perfect. The edge is very sensitive to mechanical stress and is not waterproof (depending on the material and adhesive used).

Special irons are made for gluing the melamine edge, but at home, a regular iron iron for linen is enough for you.

Plastic edges

Stronger edges are made from ABS plastic (also PVC or PP), which, like melamine, is used for decorative edges on wood-based products such as chipboard, MDF, or porous honeycomb structural boards.

The plastic edges are evenly colored and the back side is coated with an adhesive agent - a primer, which ensures the adhesion of the adhesive.

Along with the edges, which are used to protect the even edge, there are plastic strips that are suitable for curly parts. You can also use veneer. But the leading edge can be glued with a wooden lath.

Melamine and plastic edges are flexible, so they can be glued to curved surfaces.

ABS tapes are usually glued with special equipment, but this does not mean that even an amateur can not cope with this. It is also possible to glue the edge by hand, even without special tools, only the use of certain adhesives is required, such as two-component dispersion adhesives, polyurethane adhesives or contact adhesives.

ABS is a thermoplastic that softens when heated, so it is not manufactured with a layer of hot melt adhesive and thus cannot be worked with using the same method with an iron as when repairing melamine edging.

Edge repair

The edge, made in industrial conditions, is always glued with hot glue, regardless of what material it is made of. Hot melt adhesive is the fastest and cheapest edge bonding technology.

The melted adhesive is applied to the edge just before gluing, so it doesn't matter even if the edge is plastic. Thus, we assume that each edge industrial production contains hot glue.

A layer of hot glue on a flaky edge and even a plastic one can be carefully applied using a thermal gun equipped with a flat tip.

If the melamine edge has peeled off, we can try to activate the remaining adhesive with an iron. If the tape does not stick to the edge, contact adhesive will have to be used. Apply it in a thin layer on both surfaces, leave for ten to fifteen minutes, then press the tape to the edge.

In the same way, we glue the plastic edge, with the only difference being that it cannot be ironed with a hot iron. Because faster than the remaining glue on the back would melt, the edge itself will melt. Therefore, the adhesive on the reverse side will melt with a hot air gun.

If the tape does not stick, we will again use contact adhesive or special polyurethane adhesive.

To clean the edges, there are various cutters and scrapers, practitioners advise a chisel, a metal file and sandpaper.

Attaching a new tape

When pasting the edge, a tape is used that is longer and wider than the edge itself. We glue the melamine tape with an iron, we glue the plastic tape with contact adhesive.

After the glue dries or cools, cut off the excess protruding beyond the edges of the edge. For melamine, a safety knife or chisel is enough, there are also special knives.

The plastic edge strip can be glued manually and professionally.

Plastic tape, given that it is designed for professional processing, is more difficult to work with. A thickness of two to three millimeters requires the use of a special hand-held cutting tool or cutter.

The tool can be a copying cutter or a forming cutter, with which we create a rounding on the plastic edge. The edges of the edge can be cut obliquely with a carpenter's scraper. Similarly, we do when gluing veneer or wooden lath.

Edge bonding process.

To attach an edge without a hot melt adhesive, you need contact or special dispersion adhesive, a brush, screw clamps with leading edge fixtures, MDF or chipboard backings, a top or edge cutter, a copy cutter or a cutter with bearing support.