Plywood material is often found as a building material. The low price makes it still popular among the people. For those who don’t know what plywood is, plywood is a material made from processed wood of a board. Triplex or multiplex is the most common term in Indonesia. Plywood is made of thin sheets of wood. The production process is by arranging thin sheets of wood which are stacked in several layers and given glue. So do not be surprised if it is also called plywood. Then go through the process of pressing to glue it. The types of wood used are usually sengon, pine, and sungkai wood.
Basically, the use of plywood is for building materials but course, depends on the type. Structural plywood is commonly used for floors, beams, formwork, and panels. For external plywood is usually used for the exterior of the house. Just like you coat the surface of the door or wall cladding. Internal plywood is used for furniture, roof ceilings, and wall panels. Basically, this plywood or multiplex has various functions. So it is very flexible in use.
The ordinary plywood type does not have a special coating on its surface. Plywood is often used as a material for making furniture. There are several types of ordinary plywood on the market. Among them are local grades, UTY grades, UTY grades better, BB or CC, and overlay better. In order for ordinary plywood material to be more durable and water resistant, you can also add HPL coating on the surface.
There is another type of plywood, film face plywood that uses phenolic materials and then presses using a certain pressure and temperature. On the surface of this plywood type, there is resistant to water layer. The number of layers of face plywood film can reach 10 layers. Its waterproof nature makes this type of plywood used as formwork, house walls, and floors.
One more thing, Polyresin plywood is a type of multiplex made by applying clear ply and coated with resin on top. When the plywood get hard, a layer will appear on the surface of the plywood. Unlike the film face plywood which has 10 layers. Polyresin plywood consists of 6 layers.
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