WHAT IS PLYWOOD?
Film faced plywood is the special plywood with two sides coated with wearable and water proof film. The film is adhesive impregnated paper, which are different from melamine paper overlay, PVC, MDO (MDO plywood) and HDO (HDO plywood). The function of the film is to protect the inside wood from moisture, water, weather and extend the plywood’s service life. Film faced plywood can be used in harsh and outside environment: shuttering plywood, formwork plywood, concrete formwork, floorboard, vehicle building.
WHY WE SHOULD USE FILM FACED PLYWOOD ?
1. Cheep price
- On the market today, there are many types of materials for making concrete molds such as: steel formwork, aluminum formwork, bamboo formwork, plastic formwork, etc. However, film coated plywood is still preferred because of the price while still ensuring the quality of the work.
2. Minimize material loss
- Using film faced plywood helps to save materials and reduce loss significantly. Thanks to the closed joint surface, this formwork forms a very solid fixed mold, retaining almost all of the poured concrete without flowing out. In addition, the amount of nails needed is also less than usual, avoiding waste while ensuring quality.
3. Ensure aesthetics
- After dismantling the mold, the surface is smooth and flat. In particular, with TTP's film-coated plywood, thanks to its very good waterproof coating, it creates a smooth, smooth, scratch-resistant surface. After pouring concrete you can proceed to paint directly.
4. Easy to transprot
- Film-coated plywood has light weight and good anti-stick ability, so it does not stick to concrete after dismantling, facilitating the safe and easy transportation process.
5. Sustainable with the time
- Good quality film-coated plywood can be reused up to 12 times. In addition, this is a material made from wood planks that have been processed and treated with chemicals, so it will not warp or crack.
6. Ease of construction
- If the construction of columns with high height using ordinary formwork will be very complicated. Or civil housing projects, often with columns located close to the wall next to the house, so only 3 sides can be assembled, wooden formwork boxes are difficult to match correctly. Using formwork plywood with a set of columns capable of sliding up and down along the column helps to reduce the time of molding and pouring concrete, can correctly match 3 formwork faces.
