Birch is a light wood with a very fine grain used for wardrobes, furniture and hardwood floors. It is also often used as a finish due to its beautiful texture and color. The two common types of birch are yellow birch and white birch, a mix of gold and white, and one of the cheaper woods on the market. It warps easily when dry and is treated to be very strong and durable. Birch is a hardwood that is easy to stain and process. It has a similar grain pattern to maple. But it is easier to stain than maple. Birch is used for ecological boards. It has great strength and cost advantages, often used as a finish for wardrobes and floors.
Types and uses of birch wood
Birch grows all over the world and is popular for its wood, bark and extracts.It is a hardwood used to make furniture, longboards and eco-boards. There are more than 50 species of birch, yellow birch and white birch are the most common, belonging to angiosperms, birch grows with age, the bark becomes thick, establishes in new ecosystems, birch grows to an average height of 30 meters , with a diameter of 0.6 meters. The sap is creamy white and golden in the interior, the birch has a small brown knobby heart in the middle and is a larger diameter tree with a lot of golden in the middle, with a little white cream near the outer edge.
Compared with maple, birch has a fine and uniform texture, tight pores, no obvious odor, and curls during drying. Stable but not resistant to rot, fungus and insects. Due to the closed structure, stains and finishes produce beautiful and even surfaces with excellent processability, smooth surfaces, easy to cut and bond. Birch with reasonably priced. It has good impact resistance, can makes toys, toothpicks, pulp and high-end furniture. Birch wood while not a quality furniture hardwood, because it is durable and affordable, it used for making wardrobes, benches, and table. Birch wood is much harder than oak. In terms of hardness, birch wood tops the list, and birch wood is also used in music equipment.
Birch Plywood has good structural properties, uniform and fine texture, high quality, it has strong adaptability under different temperature, dry and humidity environments, widely used in our lives. There are four grades of birch plywood, and each grade of plywood has different functions.
Where is birch plywood suitable for?
The main uses of various grades of birch plywood are as follows:
The special class is suitable for high-grade architectural decoration, high-grade furniture and other products with special needs;
The first class is suitable for high-grade architectural decoration, high-grade furniture, various electrical enclosures and other products;
The second class is suitable for decoration of furniture, ordinary buildings, vehicles, ships, etc;
The third class is suitable for low-level building decoration and packaging materials.
Advantages of birch plywood:
1. The furniture made of birch wood is easy to process, the cut surface is smooth, and the paint and gluing properties are good, so the birch wood furniture produced has a smooth and flat paint surface.
2. Birch is elastic, easy to crack and warp when dry, and is not wear-resistant. Birch has slightly obvious annual rings, straight and obvious grain, fine and soft texture, and soft or moderate texture. The bark of birch is also more flexible and beautiful.
Disadvantages of birch plywood
1. The fiber shear resistance of birch furniture is poor, so birch furniture is not wear-resistant, and its tensile strength is not strong.
2. Birch wood has many patterns on its roots and nodes, and its hygroscopicity is relatively large. It is easy to crack and warp when dry, so birch furniture should not be too dry for the indoor environment.
3. Birch is succulent and deformed after becoming a material, so it is rare to see tables and chairs made of birch.
Birch plywood price
The birch plywood price will vary depending on the sizes.