Wood veneer is a kind of veneer that is more common in our life. With the development of our industrial manufacturing industry, the use of wood veneer has also increased. Especially in recent years, the rapid development of the furniture industry and decoration industry has made the use of wood veneer reach a leapfrog growth. With the continuous improvement of life, veneer is also divided into many types. Among them, the most popular ones are technological veneer and natural veneer. They each have their own advantages, and there are many similarities and differences.
How to distinguish between natural veneer and engineered veneer?
Most furniture companies believe that engineered veneer is not native wood, but they can't tell what it is, or simply call it "artificial veneer". Some companies further speculate that the engineered veneer may be a furniture or decorative facing material made of chemical raw materials. Of course, there are also some furniture companies that have a relatively comprehensive understanding of technological veneer, and have applied it in large quantities in production, obtaining huge economic benefits. However, it will take time for the technology veneer to be widely recognized by the furniture industry. Many misunderstandings about the technology veneer lack factual basis and are misunderstandings. In fact, the engineered veneer is originally a native veneer. Let me introduce in detail the difference between natural veneer and engineered veneer.
Definition
Natural veneer, as the name suggests, is to use natural wood directly sliced into a thin veneer with a thickness of about 0.5mm, which is widely used in furniture, luxury cars, aircraft, yacht interiors, floors, musical instruments and other fields.
The engineered veneer is a new type of all-wood decorative material that uses fast-growing wood as raw material and uses the principle of bionics to perform various modifications and physical and chemical treatments on fast-growing wood.
To put it simply, technological veneer is to use fast-growing wood to imitate various natural veneers, including texture and color, which can be regarded as the "cloning technology" in the veneer industry. Therefore, for some rare and precious woods that are on the verge of extinction or under control, many businesses will use technological veneers to imitate their texture and color to meet people's love and demand for rare and precious woods.
Craft
The natural veneer is completely planed from logs without any artificial modification, retaining the natural texture.
On the contrary, engineered veneer needs to go through a series of processes such as bleaching, coloring, and texture restructuring.
Although both are produced using logs, the logs of the engineered veneer are made of tree species that grow fast, mature early, and have a short rotation period to imitate other natural veneers, and the cost is relatively low. And natural veneer is what kind of veneer just uses what kind of log to produce, and the cost cost is higher.
Appearance
Technological veneer can fill wood defects
Natural veneer will have some defects more or less, such as mineral lines on the surface of veneer, dead knots, slip knots, wormholes, white edges, etc. These are the unique characteristics of natural veneer. Some people don't like these defects, so they can choose the engineered veneer, because the engineered veneer can complete the transformation of the defects of the original wood, the surface is smooth, and it can have any effect.
Natural veneer has more natural texture
But in fact, that little natural defect is the unique texture and naturalness of wood. Some wood lovers prefer the defects of natural veneer. Even in order to pursue the naturalness of wood, some merchants deliberately create some defects on the engineered veneer to make them look closer to natural veneer. Natural veneer has the natural beauty of wood with a strong texture. Its natural texture can bring people the artistic enjoyment of returning to nature, which is unmatched by engineered veneer. Although the technology of veneer technology has become more and more skilled, it can produce a variety of rare and precious wood species, but the artificial traces can still be seen on the texture. Compared with the natural veneer, it is dull and the texture is relatively poor, which is easy to distinguish with the naked eye.
Level
Reproducibility and non-reproducibility
No leaves are the same in the world, and no wood is exactly the same. The texture of natural veneer is unique, special and irregular, and cannot be copied. Rare things are precious, and natural veneer is also precious because of its uniqueness.
The texture of engineered veneer is artificially modified, and the texture can be copied to be exactly the same, lacking in naturalness. But on the other hand, the texture uniformity of engineered veneer will be better.
Natural veneer is the first choice for high-end places
The grade of natural veneer is high, and five-star hotels, luxury villas, and high-end car interiors all prefer natural veneer. Correspondingly, the price of natural veneer is also a little higher.
Because the engineered veneer is an imitation of natural veneer, the texture and grade are inferior, and the price is more popular. The price of the same type of engineered veneer is lower than that of natural veneer. However, compared with melamine paper, the engineered veneer is better in grade.
Natural veneer and engineered veneer each have their own styles, which one do you prefer? Decoration is really a huge science. Nowadays, there are more and more types of decoration materials, and the gimmicks in the mall are becoming more and more fancy. Don’t place an order in a daze. If you have any questions, you can ask Veneer Hub first.