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16th August 2018, 10:56 AM #16
Bunnings are also listing this.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/bc-deco-...coply_p0390218
Not a bad price for a ready made bench top.Those were the droids I was looking for.
https://autoblastgates.com.au
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16th August 2018, 01:05 PM #17GOLD MEMBER
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16th August 2018, 01:42 PM #18GOLD MEMBER
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Your price differences probably reflect log size and quality, exactly as they do here.
Big, clear, softwood logs are rare, even where I live. Are you willing to pay for it?
Those are often saved for surface veneers while the core peels have knots.
We have lots of really fancy plywoods: apple, walnut, birch, ash and so on but the sheets are narrow.
There's an industry assumption that you're doing cabinet work so you don't need 48" x 96" sheets.
Before I die, I want to see a kitchen done in apple.
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16th August 2018, 02:36 PM #19Senior Member
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Agree, that was my initial thought as well.
However if that's the case wouldn't they have given them a different code/rating/description? I don't mind paying more for good stuff, but I hate paying blindly more based on assumptions... sometimes there are price differences for the same thing purely due to various supply chain weirdnesses
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https://plyco.com.au/
They've got a big range as well as a cut to size service.
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I agree, formply is great for so many uses. I have even used it for shelving, where it is much less likely to creep (deform under load or just under gravity) than MDF. The surface layer is a very thin phenolic resin-impregnated paper film, which is designed to release well from the concrete after curing, resulting in a very smooth, flat finish to the concrete and so the sheets can be reused many times. Bunnings have been selling both the Australian-made product and a lower quality Chinese-made line.
The Australian manufacturer is Carter Holt Harvey. It's made from radiata pine. The adhesive is phenol-formaldehyde, with ultra-low formaldehyde emissions. It's made to the Australian Standard and quality is assured through the EWPAA quality scheme. The phenolic layer on the CHH product is black, and the product is clearly branded as Formrite. It's made is two stiffnesses - F14 and F17, but Bunnings only stocks the former, which is amply stiff for anything we would use it for. It's made in 12, 17 and 25mm thickness, but Bunnings only stock the 17mm thick version.
The chinese line is branded Specrite. It's also 17mm thick and supposed to also be F14 stiffness. It's cheaper and the surface film layer is brown, quite appropriately reflecting it's low quality.
Just one word of caution for formply generally. Even though they use a waterproof adhesive that will not break down when exposed to moisture, the wood veneers themselves have not been preservative-treated, so they can decay or be eaten by termites if left exposed to the weather or the soil for long periods. I wouldn't use it in ground contact, but if using it where it can get wet and stay wet for some time, best to give the cut edges a few flood coats with copper naphthenate before sealing.
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Can any one answer .i was thinking of using melamine for a project i was going to build cubooards fir an rv motorholme but when i went to bunnings they advised me to use plywood because of the movement melmine will tear .does anyone have ideas on this
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The advice was good. Most caravan work is done in ply for that very reason. I used to sell both products to the van trade, they went through ply by the ton. Particle board was negligible.
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I think Gunnersens would be best bet for the other thicknesses. https://www.gunnersens.com.au
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