Why choose plywood material for cabinet

 Plywood, also known as plywood, is commonly known in the trade as fine core board. It is made of three or more layers of one millimetre thick veneer or laminate glued and hot pressed. It is the most commonly used material for handmade furniture such as plywood tv cabinet. Plywood is a thin sheet of three or more layers made from logs cut into veneers or squares and glued together with adhesives. Usually an odd number of layers of veneer are used, and the adjacent layers are glued together in a perpendicular direction to each other. Thus there are three, five, seven and other odd layers of plywood. A type of metal plywood is also commonly used on railway tracks and is commonly known as fishtail plywood, also called road plywood.

1.Features

Plywood has all the advantages of natural wood, such as light weight, high strength, beautiful texture, insulation, etc. It can also make up for some of the natural defects of natural wood, such as knots, small width, deformation, longitudinal and transverse mechanical differences and other shortcomings.

Second, plywood production can be a reasonable use of logs. Because it does not have sawdust, every 2.2-2.5 cubic metres of logs can produce 1 cubic metres of plywood, which can replace about 5 cubic metres of logs sawn into panels, and every 1 cubic metre of plywood products can also produce residues of 1.2-1.5 cubic metres, which is a better raw material for the production of MDF and particle board.

As the plywood has the advantages of small deformation, large width, easy construction, no warping, good tensile properties of the cross grain, etc.. Therefore, the product is mainly used in furniture manufacturing, interior living decor, residential construction with a variety of panels. Secondly, the product is used in shipbuilding, car box manufacturing, various military, light industrial products and packaging and other industrial sectors.

2. Process

Plywood is a thin sheet of three or more layers made from logs cut into veneer or planed into thin wood and glued together with adhesives. Usually an odd number of layers of veneer are used and the adjacent layers are glued in a perpendicular direction to each other. Thus there are three, five and seven layers of plywood.

Structurally, the outermost veneer of plywood is called the surface, and the surface on the front is called the panel board, which is made of the best quality veneer. The reverse veneer is called the backing veneer and is of the next highest quality. The inner layer of veneer is called the core or centre panel and is made up of the normal veneer.

Environmental friendliness

The release of formaldehyde from plywood has always been a major concern due to the use of glue. Plywood in general contains formaldehyde, so it becomes necessary to remove it after renovation. Casa Custom suggests to mix the formaldehyde solution in water to preserve the biological specimens in house living room design.

 

3.Advantages and disadvantages

Plywood, also known as plywood, is made by planing logs into planed sheets about 1mm thick in each layer. After sufficient drying, glue is added, compacted by special machinery and equipment, both sides are then decorated with a good texture and material, and cut into certain specifications for decorative panels. The most common size of plywood used in decoration is 1220mm x 2440mm.

The hardness of plywood is generally high, and because the materials and textures have been interlocked vertically with each other during the gluing process, it is strong and not easily deformed.

Plywood can be divided into three plywood, five plywood, nine plywood, twelve plywood, eighteen plywood and many other varieties according to the number of layers, the most commonly used in decoration is three plywood and five plywood, which is what we usually call three plywood and five plywood. The more layers of plywood, the greater the thickness, the higher the strength, the stronger the load-bearing capacity and the less likely to bend. Plywood is mostly used in high-grade decorative base structures. It is suitable for the installation and fixing of heavily loaded decorative components like the carcass like plywood bathroom vanity.

Of course, plywood also has its own shortcomings, that is, the general cost is higher; if the material is not sufficiently dry or there are problems with the production process, resulting in plate deformation, external forces are difficult to adjust; in addition, plywood is not as smooth as the surface of the density board, with plywood as the base, the surface and then bonded fire board, aluminium composite board and other decorative panels, not as strong as the MDF for the base. So Casa Custom expert will not recommand use plywood for tall wall cabinet.

As conclusion, Casa Custom’s suggestion for the customers to choose the plywood as for bedroom wardrobe or for the living room like TV cabinets. With its decorative funciton and the natural characteristics, it will be much better performance compared in kitchen or bathroom.