ORDINARY PLYWOOD
It comes in different thicknesses ranging from 4mm up 18mm. Although the board
measurements are of standards size 244cm x 122cm, different thicknesses are
available for different purposes. Different standards of plywood are available
as well. We import ordinary plywood mainly from Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
Ordinary Chinese plywood has 3 different sets, ordinary Chinese, HQ Chinese and
HWC (Hard Wood Core) Chinese.
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VENEER PLYWOOD
Veneer plywood is generally of either 4mm or 6mm thickness. It has various
options of veneer surfaces, some of which are oak, mahogany, teak, and beech,
pine, cherry, walnut and others. It is a one faced board. Veneer plywood is
brought from a few different sources. There is Indonesian (Rilico), Indonesian
and Chinese (Rilico), each with its standards.
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MELAMINE PLYWOOD
This comes in thicknesses 3mm and 4mm. It is covered by a layer of melamine from
one side with a vast range of styles and colors. They are Indonesian and Chinese
(Rilico).
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DÉCOR PLYWOOD
Décor plywood is paper overlaid plywood, with many different designs and styles.
They are also imported from Indonesia and China.
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BENDYPLY
Last but not least is the bendy ply. It is the only flexible wood board on earth
and is exclusively imported. It can come either vertically bendable or
horizontally bendable. It comes in a couple of thicknesses 6mm and 8mm.
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All the above mentioned boards are usually used for carpentering and furniture
purposes. One type of plywood that is used solely for construction purposes is
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SHUTTERNIG PLYWOOD (FILMFACED)
Shuttering, also known as Filmfaced plywood, is made to serve the construction
industry. It is a board fit with finolic film that is water proof. It is
typically used in moldings and scaffolding. It is usually 18mm thick and could
vary in the number of layers, between 9, 11 and 13. It has a very smooth painted
finish, helping smoothen the surface of moldings and can be reusable. It is
imported from a number of locations. We import filmfaced plywood from Finland,
Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia and China. |
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Other fabricated wood boards include the following:
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MDF (MEDIUM DENSITY FIBER)
MDF is of the smoothest fabricated wooden boards. It is a very soft and smooth
board. It can come in a vast number of sizes and thicknesses. It can be 2.5mm
thick up to 30mm and can have the standard size board of 244cm x 122cm or an
exceptional size of 366cm x 183cm. There are several types of surfaces to choose
from. MDF can have ordinary, veneer (6mm, 9mm, 12mm, 18mm), melamine (3mm to
18mm, brought from MoDécor and Al Fawzan locally or from imported from China) or
paper overlaid surfaces. It can also be filmfaced and can have surfaced from all
sides with the availability of edge banding. It is imported from different
destinations such as Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, China and others.
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BLOCKBOARD
Blockboard (a.k.a.
Latté) is composed of wooden rows aligned over each other and contained between
two layers of plywood. Similar to plywood, the surface can be ordinary (which
has 15mm, 16mm or 18mm thickness), veneer (which has 16mm or 18mm thickness) or
polyester (which is 18mm thick). Veneer latté can be one faced or two faced.
Polyester latté is always two faced, and could come in any color.
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CHIPBOARD
A chipboard is composed of small pieces of wood (referred to as chips)
that are pressed together to form a wooden board comprised entirely of chips.
Chipboard could be used as a core for doors which has some advantages and they
are:
- Insulate sound from entering the room
- More stability and resistance to door
- Improved outcome with burn rate - Tubular core, has a combination of light weight and stability
- Faster assembly time than alternative door cores
- Very suitable for doors with delicate surfaces
Chipboard can come in different
densities (33mm and 38mm) and different sizes. Different kinds of specially
designed chipboards are manufactured by the German company Sauerland Spanplatte.
It fabricates different types of chipboards cores for different purposes. The
tubular core is one of their finest creations. It combines many targeted and
preferred qualities in one board. It is made light weight, yet resistant, has a
good burn rate and insulates sound. These are very significant characteristics
for door cores. These cores are also very suitable for doors with a very smooth
finish. Our unique boards are imported from the Sauerland factory in Germany.
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