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Furniture
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Furniture made from plywood is more durable than furniture made from blockboard, particle board or MDF.

The construction of a panel product is as important
as the resin used for bonding.
Plywood has a rigid laminated construction. When bonded
with BWP type Phenol Formaldehyde resin, plywood is :

  • 18 times more durable than blockboard bonded
    with the same adhesive.
  • 36 times more durable than particle board and MDF,
    bonded with the same adhesive.
#1 in durability
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BWP
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The same BWP type PF adhesive does
not impart the same boiling
water resistance to different
wood panel products.

Based on the IS Specifications, hours of boiling water resistance for plywood, blockboard, particle board and MDF, all bonded with
BWP type PF resin
are as follows;

Plywood
Blockboard
Particle
Board
Mdf
72 Hours
4 Hours
2 Hours
2 Hours

#1 in weather resistance
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All
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All “Marine Plywoods” are not equally durable.

  • About 20% “Marine Plywoods” in the market are fake
    (Commercial plywood coloured dark green)

  • About 75% Marine Plywoods have only 8 hours
    boiling water resistance
    because they are bonded with BWR type resins (IS 303 : 1989)

  • Only about 5% Marine Plywoods have 72 hours
    boiling water resistance.
    Anchor 72 is bonded with BWP type Phenol Formaldehyde
    synthetic resin as specified in IS 710 : 1976
9 times more durable
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Several
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Several so-called “Termite Resistant”
plywoods are easily attacked by borers !

Termites are insects which operate from underground colonies.
By proper and regular pest control measures buildings get
some degree of protection from termite infestation.
Hence, an untreated plywood might appear “Termite Resistant” by sheer chance.

Borers inhabit untreated plywood and cannot be isolated
by environmental treatments. Only plywood impregnated with preservative chemicals can keep borers away.

Total freedom from termites and borers
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For
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For plywood to be resistant to
termites and wood
boring beetles, it must be vacuum pressure
impregnated with preservative chemicals.

Most Preservative Treated plywoods are superficially treated.
A truly insect resistant plywood is impregnated to the
core with preservatives.
A plywood which claims to be only “Termite Resistant” may not be
impregnated to core, or worse, not treated at all.
Hence, they make no claims about borer resistance.
Resistance to insects, to the core
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Genuine
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A genuine Marine Plywood should be
72 hours boiling water-proof and
resistant to rot, termites and borers.

Its no good using a borer-free plywood if its not fully weather resistant.

Resistance to insects, to the core
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