Any work with wood usually requires processing of its edges. Plywood is made from a series of laminated strips with wood fibers oriented perpendicular to each other on each layer. The layers are held together with a special type of lumber glue. While alternating layers of stripes make plywood a very stable material that is ideal for building tables, cabinets, shelves, and other jobs, the raw edges of plywood can ruin its appearance. In this article, you will find four methods for finishing plywood edges..
Edge
You will find laminated edges for gluing on the edges of plywood in the «Everything for the House» store or the building hypermarket. These strips are the most common method for covering curved cuts in plywood as they are quite flexible. Use heat to melt the glue and attach the edges to the plywood. After the glue is dry, you can use a scraper or knife to remove excess glue..
Bummer
Wood chippings can also be found in shops that sell lumber. Suppose someone on this site ordered plywood, and he can ask for additional items from the sawn timber category. The wood chippings can be accessed in any width and can be attached to the edge of the plywood with nails. You can use wood filler to fill nail holes before varnishing or painting the item..
Tongue and groove
A common method of finishing edges is to grip it onto a piece of hardwood. Grooves and tongues (dowels) are made in plywood and wood, and then they dock like pieces of a puzzle and adhere to glue. While the glue dries, the structure must be held with clamps. The tongue should be made in a third of the thickness of the plywood.
No additional materials
Using carpentry tools and the correct sawing technique can avoid splitting corners. Then the edges can be slightly sharpened and sanded, after which the ends can be painted with acrylic paint with additives (twice).
The material was prepared with the support of lesmos. Lemos is a Moscow-based sawn timber store that offers a wide range of products, including beams, edged boards, plywood, unedged boards, beams, floorboards, lining, eurolining, blockhouse and imitation timber.
