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Decorative Panels: A panel of hardwood or softwood plywood, wood fiber substrate, hardboard or gypsum with a real wood face, a paper overlay, direct print, wood print, wallpaper or melamine finish.
Extruded Particleboard: A particleboard made by extrusion through a die.
Fiberboard: A general term that refers to any ofvarious panel products such as particleboard, hardboard, chipboard or other type formed by bonding wood fibers by heat and pressure.
Hardboard: An engineered wood product made from natural wood fibers bonded together into dense panels by lignin, wood's own natural binder.
High Density Overlay: Exterior type plywood finished with a resin-impregnated fiber overlay.
Mat-Formed Particleboard: A particleboard in which the coated particles are formed into a mat before being hot pressed.
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Aggregate-Coated Panel: A panel coated with stone chips imbedded in a resin coating.
APA Performance-Rated Panels: Panel products developed by the American Plywood Association such as APA Rated Sheathing, APA Rated Sturd-l-Floor and APA Rated Siding.
Composite Panel: A veneer-faced panel with reconstituted wood core.
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Definitions every counter person needs to know. removable for posting on bulletin board... what makes one panel differ from another.
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