I bought some burr walnut for a pair of Snell Ks. I cut the pieces to size to produce handed cabinets but it was so crinkly and stiff I didn't have the nerve to attempt it. I still have the veneer stored and the next pair of tatty Ks that come my way will get the treatment. I will need to research it though, because it appears to be beyond my current skill level.

I avoid most DIY through lack of skill, time and Murphy's Law. I'd never try anything that serious


I am quite good at shovelling up molehills and clearing gutters

I used black permanent marker on my Linn Nexus which worked but was still a little obvious in certain lights, with the Epos there are a couple of marks but I decided just to leave them because they're not that obvious and I didn't want to permanent damage them.

It depends on how crinkly it is.  If not too crinkly, the standard method is to gather together a bucket with some warm water and a sponge or cloth and an iron.  Put the veneer on a flat surface, and gently soak one surface, turn it over and wet the other surface.  Now gently iron it.  The idea is to force water into the wood fibres.  It takes several goes, soaking ironing, soaking ironing.  The term is to get the wood to "give up", and go flat and very flexible - a bit like thin cardboard.

I hope you cut it oversize - you need to bond it to the surface, and then use a scalpel or stanley knife blade to cut it flush.

If it is really crinkly, it is not easy at all - I suggest you do a web search - it involves forcing a witches brew of white wood glue and various other things into it in a press between sheets of newspaper.