I have a Brunswick Bradford 9' table that had the slate stored in a garage for 2 years and the wood backing has gotten mold and needs to be replaced. Luckily, I do woodworking and can produce exact replacements, but I need some guidance on what wood and adhesive I should use and how I should go about removing the old wood. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Replacing Slate Backing
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I believe they were poplar on my Gold Crown.
I know a guy who replaced his with that white poly butcher's cutting-board material. He lives in a really humid area and he wanted it to be un-affected by moisture. Worked fine.
Did he staple or glue his cloth?
Glue iirc.
Once mold gets into wood, it's nearly impossible to get out. Even though it's relatively easy to surface clean/treat, it is still spreading beneath. If I cleaned it and put the slate back on the table, the mold would just spread to the rest of the wood in the table.
Perfect. That's a very easy wood to get my hands on. Thank you!
What I'm most nervous about is how to get the existing backing off without damaging the slate.
I have thought about doing the same on a set of GC3 slates, and was considering using a router with a custom base plate that would make the base of the router sit at least as high as the thickness of the slate backing. Sorry if that doesn’t make any sense - I can try to elaborate if interested.