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For the advantages and disadvantages of various types of boards, it is difficult for many industry professionals to provide detailed differences between them. Below is a summary of the processes, advantages, disadvantages, and uses of various types of boards, hoping to be helpful to everyone.

Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)

Also known as: Fiberboard

Process: It is a man-made board made from wood fibers or other plant fibers that are crushed and then bonded with urea-formaldehyde resin or other suitable adhesives.

Advantages: Smooth and even surface; not easily deformed; easy to process; good surface decoration.

Disadvantages: Poor nail-holding ability; heavy weight, difficult to plane and cut; prone to swelling and deformation when exposed to water; lacks wood grain texture; poor environmental friendliness.

Uses: Used for making display cabinets, painted cabinet doors, etc., not suitable for large widths.

Particle Board

Also known as: Chipboard, Bagasse Board, Particleboard

Process: It is a man-made board made by cutting wood and other raw materials into certain-sized chips, drying them, mixing them with adhesives, hardeners, and waterproofing agents, and then pressing them at a certain temperature.

Advantages: Good sound absorption and sound insulation performance; strong nail-holding strength; good lateral load-bearing capacity; flat surface, aging-resistant; can be painted and veneered; inexpensive.

Disadvantages: Prone to chipping during cutting, not easy to be fabricated on site; poor strength; internal structure is granular, not easy to mill into shapes; high density.

Uses: Used for hanging lamps, general furniture, generally not suitable for making larger furniture.

Pywood

Also known as: Plywood, Laminated Board

Process: It is a three-layer or multi-layer sheet material made by rotary-cutting wood into veneers or by planing wood blocks into thin wood, and then bonding them with adhesives. Usually, odd-numbered veneers are used, and the fibers of adjacent veneers are glued together perpendicular to each other. The surface and inner layers are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the core layer.

Advantages: Lightweight; not easily deformed; easy to work with; small coefficient of shrinkage and expansion, good waterproofing.

Disadvantages: Relatively higher production cost compared to other types of boards.

Uses: Used for parts of cabinets, wardrobes, tables, chairs, etc.; interior decoration, such as ceilings, wainscoting, floor substrates, etc.