Edge banding veneer rolls are produced from the requested veneers without further treatment.

These are only joined to form a roll which is to be used on the edge banding machine. Once the product applied, the customer will proceed to finish the product (sanding ,staining, varnishing etc …)

For special applications, and at the customer’s request, we can join veneer sheets of a determined length in order to foresee where the joint will show once applied to the board.

The joint between veneers sheets can be:

Zig-Zag / Finger Joint – closed

Straight joint / Butt joint – open

The result being that the joint will not be visible.

A coat of thermofused glue can be applied to the backside of the edge. This glue will melt at 180º.

This product is for application with an edge banding machine that doesn’t have a glue dispenser.

Thermofused edge banding uses heat to bond the edge band to the board. We apply a 120 gr/sq m of glue on the backside of the edge band. This quantity will ensure a perfect bonding, free of excessive glue between the board and the edge band.

The softening point of our glue is 85-90 º C ( temperature at which the glue will begin to melt).

Soft Sanding

The upper face of the edge band can be sanded, thus avoiding the costly manual work of sanding by the customer. If the product is sanded, we recommend to apply a fleece back, to ensure stability and reduce cracking and breaking while edge banding.

The quality provided by this finish it’s much higher than a manual sanding finish.

The veneer surface is flawless and marks free, to further continue the finishing process (staining, varnishing etc …).

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Calibrated Sanding

For special projects, we reduce the veneer thickness by means of calibrated sanding, providing higher flexibility to the veneer, and preventing it from cracking when small diameters in curves are a must.

The paper base, which sustains the zig-zag joint, is removed in order to ensure a visually even surface at the joint.

Upon customer’s request, thickness can be reduced to a minimum of 30/100mm (0,30mm).

If the veneer is to be calibrated sanded, a fleece back must be applied to its underside.

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The veneer surface is flawless and marks free, to further continue the finishing process (staining, varnishing etc…)

Fleece is a backer that is applied to wood veneer in a lineal process to produce continuous rolls for many different purposes.

The different fleece types used are bonded to the veneer with two possible types of glue:

• – PVA (white glue): with different grades of resistance to humidity (D3, D4).
• – PUR (polyurethane): for maximum resistance to humidity.

Two goals are achieved with the fleece:

•  – Added consistency to the veneer, thus avoiding splintering and consequent production interruption.
• – Added flexibility, a must for shaped (compound) edges.

We have at your disposal several fleece types according to their grammage. A thicker fleece provides higher consistency and flexibility to the veneer.

The more we reduce the thickness of the veneer, more flexibility is conferred to it. 30 gram fleece it’s the most commonly used. This can be colour-matched to the board, so that when applied, the fleece will remain unnoticed.

The fleece is compatible with: EVA, PUR, PVA, or UREA glues.

We offer all possibilities of varnish types on our veneer edges. In order to proficiently varnish the veneer, a 30 grams fleece must be added.

By using UV varnishes, we can distinguish:

– Sanded + Ground Lacquered + Sanded

– Veneer edges ready to be finished (varnished)

At the customer’s request, we can supply a ground lacquered with a wider or narrower wood pore.

For special projects where the edge-band has to be adapted to angular shapes, we have at your disposal more flexible bases.

If the product has been stored for some time in your warehouse, it is advisable to light sand the veneer edges surface, in order to open the pore enabling thus a better adherence of the varnish product.

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Clear Varnish

Following our customer’s instructions, we can work with open or closed pore, depending of the veneer species to be treated.

The degrees of gloss can be adjusted and are measure by means of a gloss meter in order to match the gloss of the surface (from Mat 8 to Gloss 80).

We require our customer to provide us a sample of his varnished board, in order to optimize the result of our labour.

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Stained finished varnish, customer’s pore and gloss

Colour and shine finished veneer edge banding, upon customer’s needs and requirements. This is a highly personalized product, and in each case, we evaluate the type of finish needed with the customer.

Finishes with a closed pore may need several ground layers, depending on the porosity of the veneer used. The degrees of shine are adjustable and are measured by means of a gloss meter in order to match the gloss of the surface (from Mat 8 to Gloss 80).

Our specialists will copy the colour as well as the shine of your finished piece. The colours of the resulting edge bands are compared with the board to be matched in a lighting cabinet using daylight D65.

Our customer must bear in mind that this type of varnish is on the surface, and that the inside of the veneer maintains its original colour. Therefore the customer will have to apply some varnish to the trim of the edge band in order to conceal it with the board.

We require our customer to provide us a sample of his varnished board, in order to optimize the result of our labour.

Do not hesitate to contact our technical department for thorough information.

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> Special finish: patina effect on wood
We introduce a dye that can be of different colours inside the wood grain, achieving a rustic wood effect. With this special finish, the grain pattern is clearly enhanced. See an example of black patina on wood.

Depending on the customer’s varnishing system, we can provide our edges with a protective plastic film, enabling the varnishing of the board without staining the edge.

Antibacterial finish

The silver ions of the antibacterial varnish prevent cell division, destroying the cell membrane and plasma. This process causes a bacterial reduction of up to 99% in less than 24 hours. The effectiveness of the product is guaranteed as long as the top coat is not removed, for example by sanding.

A pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) can be applied to the underside of the edge, protected by a silicon paper foil.

Removing this foil will enable you to adhere (with a light manual pressure) the edge to different surfaces (such a chipboard, mdf, solid wood, etc.)

Bonding resistance tests.

Occasionally, the wood specie employed can be very resinous or lack porosity, thus causing a poor adherence with the glues applied with edge banding machines. For these special cases, with the application of an adhesive primer to the underside of the edge, we guarantee a perfect bonding. This product is transparent and invisible at the joint bonding the edge to the board.

In 0,5 mm thicknesses, a fleece is applied to the underside of the edge band to solve the bonding problem, as it is the fleece which comes in contact with the glue and adheres the edge band to the board.

Nevertheless, in special situations in which the fleece does not adhere to the veneer due to its excess of resin, we can also apply the primer directly to the underside of the 0,5 mm thickness veneer edges.

Following the actual surfaces trends, we can apply different embossing to our veneer edges, enhancing the visual experience of real wood with natural tactile effects.

We have created embossings that feel and look like raw and finished woods. Our embossings can be strong and aggressive, transversal or with saw cut marks, conferring perfection not only in optics but also in haptics to our edge banding.

Contact our sales department for more information.

A plastic protective low adherence film can be applied to the surface of the edge. This option is most suitable for varnished and finished edges.

This film enables the user to previously fit the edge on the board and proceed to varnish the surface of the board with the different techniques available (roller, spray, …). Once the process accomplished, the film is removed (peeled off ) from the edge, revealing a perfect finish, free of stains and scratches.

We can produce with any available species on the market; from 0,5 to 0,6 mm thick natural veneer sheets.

Veneer process:

From 0,5 to 0,6 mm thick fineline veneer sheets.

Fineline veneer is made of low grade wood which through a special process, is dyed by immersion, pressed to form a block and finally cut into sheets obtaining the required grain design.

We can produce edge banding with any of the available species on the market.

See some examples

The fineline or reconstituted veneer is a thin veneer sheet obtained through lamination process beginning at the edge of a veneer block, thus obtaining a perfectly homogeneous or straight grain.

While manipulating the contour of the sheets to be pressed, various configurations and very attractive aspects are obtained. Some or all the sheets can be dyed before joining them, so as to create astonishing aspects and colours.

Production process:

Dyed veneers are obtained when natural veneer sheets are immersed in a staining solution, which penetrates to the core of the veneer. This process enables to vary the veneer’s natural colours resulting in:

– New tones.

– Deep colour, providing a different aspect to the veneer sheet.

– Ensures a higher colour homogeneity between bunddles bundles of sheets.

– More sanding margin without loss of colour.

We can produce edge banding with any of the available species on the market, and obtain the customer’s required tone.

We can produce cross grain veneer with any veneer specie available. Cross-grain veneer refers to a sheet of veneer with the grain running width wise rather than lengthwise to give a different look.

This product provides a very innovative visual aspect of compact wood in mouldings and furniture edges.

A burl is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. Unknown as to how this deformity develops on a log, it features an irregular pattern opposed to a smooth lineal aspect.

Veneer burls are both present underground or at surface level of the tree trunk. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch.

We can produce edge banding with any of the available species on the market.

They are natural veneers which due to their exclusivity, are mainly used for special decorations. It is the resulting reaction of veneer to paper products, enhancing its originality, warmth and distinction, attributes that cannot be copy with printed paper.

We can distinguish the following variations of natural veneers:

Thermo-treated:

Colour much more uniform, almost to the level of a stained product. It is applied a 100% natural process in order to modify the original wood colour, without intervention of any chemical element.

Colour sustainability, as it is free of any type of dye which could react to UV light and therefore generate tonality changes.

Smoked (Fumé) Veneer

Aesthetically, it is a natural veneer which features a smoked look, shinny and enhanced by a 3D effect, maintaining live stripes and highlighting the aspect of each log.

The smoked is a treatment based on the reaction of the veneer natural tannins to different chemical agents which change the original colour of the veneer without loosing its natural look.

During the smoking process, the chemical elements are neutralized, thus ensuring a 100% natural PH product.

Aged Veneers

This accelerated process has the purpose of featuring a natural aged aspect to the veneer when exposed outdoors.

Grey tones which do not follow a set pattern are thus obtained, transferring to the final product a look of aged wood due to sun and weather exposition.

Especially suitable for a rustic touch, cracked, with knots, releasing a unique and different look.  Most appropriate product for interior decoration purposes.

Application examples:

Following latest trends, we offer the rustic look of saw cut veneer. We offer nature-saw-cut in the most common veneers on the market.

Deep transversal print embossed in such a way that some prints stand out while others are embedded.

Two different types of prints can be visualized, depending on the inclination (slanted or straight saw cut effect). The visual effect is eye catching and enables a wide range of design applications.

Standard thickness is 0,7 mm, but superior thicknesses can be produced.

Natural veneer cross-cut in 0,7 mm foils.

Of rounded aspect, end grain is obtained by cross-cutting the tree trunk. Thus the annual rings are revealed.

Standard thickness is 0,7 mm, but other thicknesses can be produced.

For special edge and moulding applications, a grain design can be printed over a different veneer.

Using more economical species as a base, we can print the natural pattern or design of highly valued veneers with a matching tone. Just imagine a low cost veneer such as okume, over which we will print the grain and tone of, let us say, Rosewood Rio or Makassar Ebony. As the base of the product is authentic veneer, the touch and pore of the product will transfer the sensation of the natural pattern.

Thanks to our printing technique we can obtain quarter cut patterns which prove to be difficult to find in extra wide formats (for example, 20 cms).

For personalized projects, working with the customer’s veneer is an option we offer.

In projects where the surface and the edge need to be from the same source, we can manufacture the product with our customer’s material.

For more information, feel free to contact us, we will clarify any doubts you may have.