Marine Plywood BS1088 1220mm x 610mm (4x2ft), Thickness: 6mm

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Lightweight Doors: In some cases, 6mm marine plywood is employed to make lightweight doors for interior spaces.

At Howarth Timber & Building Supplies, we sell a wide range of plywood sheets. Knowing which one you will need will depend on a few factors: In practice Marine Ply is also used in other applications where a high performance level and long service life are required. Wherever it is used the ply edges and faces need to be primed and sealed prior to application. Due to its excellent strength to weight ratio, it is also very popular for dingy construction and racing boat building. Plywood is an engineered timber that is closely related to MDF and chipboard that are also used as sheet materials. It is manufactured from engineered wood that has been cut into fine veneers that are layered by rotating each tier by 90 degrees and glued together. This is different from solid wood which has a grain that goes in one direction and is referred to as a cross-grain technique. This method has a variety of benefits to the material created:

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Shop our marine plywood sheets for your construction needs here at Harlow Bros., designed specifically for boat building, outdoor furniture, and other internal or external environments impacted by moisture. Internal Applications: Typically used in situations that will not be exposed to moisture, you should choose a panel that has a technical class of EN636-1S and has an EN314 Class 1 bond. With its additional level of veneers, high-quality face veneers, waterproof bonding, and gap-free core Marine Plywood is often the go-to when working in damp or moist conditions, and common uses are: Marine Grade Plywood is a sturdier, higher-quality material manufactured with high-quality face and core biologically durable hardwoods throughout. This type of wood's thin sheets of veneer (plies) is usually set up perpendicularly as part of a process called cross-lamination that helps add extra strength to the material.

Whether you are looking for marine plywood for a small DIY project or a large-scale commercial construction, you can trust us to provide you with the best quality and value for your money.Buy from our diverse range of sheet sizes now. Shop Our Plywood Alternatives We offer the Robbins Elite range for collection or delivery, in 2500 x 1220 mm sheets (or cut to size if necessary), in the following sizes: mm (3 ply) / 6 mm (5 ply) / 9mm (7 ply) / 12 mm (9 ply) / 15 mm (9 ply) / 18 mm (11 ply) / 25 mm (15 ply) There are stringent requirements on face and core veneers, they require solid surfaces free from open defects and stipulations on the nature and frequency of knots. These high quality veneers are then bonded using a resin to meet bonding Class 3 of BS EN 314-2 Plywood, in most circumstances this would be a phenolic resin or a modified melamine-formaldehyde resin. Importance of the finish Our marine plywood is made from durable hardwood veneers and is crafted to meet a strict set of regulatory specifications to reach British Standard accreditation BS 1088. To meet this standard, it must:

Suitable for marine use, but not for immersion in water, only for water resistant and high moisture.