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Veneer description
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Betula alba
Birch
Bouleau
Abedul
Betulla
Birch
Maple
Europe and Asia
Fashionable wood species for furniture and interior fittings. Often used for plywood and chairs |
| Characteristics: |
This wood is of a light-yellow colour. In older wood a brown heart often occurs. Perfect stocks are seldom found. The stocks are often crooked and seldom more than 40 cm thick. Various machining methods are possible - staylog peeled, rotary cut and sliced (see below). |
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Birch is very suitable for staining and lacquering. |
Price grading
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5-7 |
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