Marine Plywood

Marine Plywood – For application in Kitchens !!

Marine plywood falls into the category of waterproof plywood, specifically used for Marine and Kitchen applications.

Indian standard for Marine plywood is specified in document: IS:710

The raw material used is Unextended phenolic resin for bonding the plies together. Unextended means undiluted. Phenolic resin is a synthetic plastic resin made from phenol formaldehyde and it makes Marine plywood completely waterproof.

Marine plywood is used for building boats and ships, and many other applications in which the plywood is sure to get a large amount of exposure to water like in Kitchen shelves, bathroom wardbrobes, car sheds, exterior furnitures made in balcony where the furniture would be directly exposed to sunlight.

Marine plywood is of Exterior grade and meant for extreme exterior uses. Its also better than the Exterior grade BWR (Boiling Water resistant) plywood that is used for making kitchen furnitures.

It is a lot costlier than Commercial ply and slightly more costlier than the boiling water resistant category of plywood.

It is much stronger than Commercial grade plywood because of the superior wood and glues used in its manufacture.