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NC-2009 IEQc4.4: Low-Emitting Materials—Composite Wood and Agrifiber Products
I've been told there's no marine grade plywood product that I can use on foodservice millwork that complies with this credit. Is this true?
If so, is there a NAUF equivalent or similar product that people are using for millwork that is good for food service areas?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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October 11, 2013 - 11:54 am
Doesn't sound right to me. Since UF is vulnerable to moisture I would have thought that marine-grade plywood would be using PF, MDF, or MDI, etc.
Hernando Miranda
OwnerSoltierra LLC
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October 11, 2013 - 12:42 pm
Tristan is correct. Composite woods intended moisture-exposed applications would not use UF,
Wikipedia has a web page for plywood, and the following is stated there.
"Plywood for indoor use generally uses the less expensive urea-formaldehyde glue, which has limited water resistance, while outdoor and marine-grade plywood are designed to withstand rot, and use a water resistant phenol-formaldehyde glue to prevent delamination and to retain strength in high humidity."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plywood
Wiki also has a short primer on marine grade plywood on the above link.