Wood Veneer is a natural material,

a renewable resource. Its beauty comes from nature, unimproved by man.
The biggest volume of high quality hardwoods originates in less developed countries in the tropical regions. For many of those countries the sale of hardwood products is a major source of income.
The timber-hungry developed countries and the timber-growing nations recently awoke to the challenge that we have to maintain timber as a renewable resource. Protection of our environment is the issue. All of this means that we have to handle timber products very carefully, cut down waste, choose species carefully and specify with the utmost expertise.

Why You Specify... 1. In order to achieve exactly the appearance and look you want. 2. To mirror your personal design creativity wood veneer for panels and architectural woodwork. 3. So when one enters the doors of a prestigious building, a boardroom or an elevator, thousands of people will see the architectural woodwork which highlights your name. 4. So nobody can copy the design shaped by the rare and exotic veneer you selected. Each tree is unique in its appearance. 5. To control the quality and appearance. 6. To control the cost. 7. To control the availability and to make sure the veneer you desire is in stock.

How?

2. Crown Veneer Corp. will provide you with samples of various veneer options.

3. Once you have narrowed your selection to a specific species and character, we will provide samples and prices together with tallies of specific available flitches.
As a precaution, the architect should always insist on samples and should not specify a product simply because it is referred to as "architectural grade." Also beware of specifying from too small a sample.

4. You will now choose a specific flitch from the sample collection. Each flitch has a number through all the bundles, like a social security number, which represents only that particular flitch. At this point you might consider visiting Crown Veneer's showroom to inspect the veneer, bundle by bundle. This is the most professional method to choose veneer, to satisfy your taste and specification.

5. You might want to specify the number of leaves to be used per panel face. Parts of the flitch can be allocated to various locations. In addition, parts of the flitch can be allocated for furniture requirements. In conjunction with the foregoing, the type of panel and elevation match should be selected. This determines the final appearance of a wall. It should also be mentioned that special matches are possible. In some strongly grained stocks, a prominent grain feature can change its locations on the sheets of veneer gradually, usually moving up or down the leaves. In the panel elevation this means that it will make a slope up or slope down on the wall. To correct this it is possible to start an elevation match in the center of the wall and work in both directions, thereby balancing the panels.

6. After you select the veneer you should include in the bidding specification the following:

a)

Name the supplier; (Crown Veneer Corp.) and the flitch numbers that the woodworker has to use. This way you are absolutely assured that the woodwork will mirror your selection and design. We will give all the woodworkers the same price we quoted you.

b)

Once a project is awarded to a specific architectural woodworker a small finished sample panel should be provided for your approval and protection. It is made out of the veneer from the flitch you have chosen.

c)

All sapwood, shake, open defect, wormholes and discoloration shall be eliminated from the final panel.

d)

No more than one flitch shall be used per elevation and shall conform to the designer's assignment.

e)

For example: panels shall be book-matched, and center-balance-matched. Elevations shall be sequenced and blue print matched.

f)

Panels shall contain no more than 'x' leaves per face.

g)

Where designated, furniture pieces will be fabricated from (species and grain pattern) as supplied by (vendor).

h)

At times there are special conditions imposed by local building codes and fire codes that also need to be considered. A common condition required is that of flame-spread rating. This can determine the species of wood allowed in a given area, since all species do not carry the same flame-spread rating.

i)

At this point you also have to determine the type of finish. There are a great variety of finishes, for example: high gloss polyester, open pore lacquer, matte finish. Ask you woodworker. Various finishes can bring out grain patterns of wood to a greater or lesser degree.

j)

You also have to consider if there are any acoustical needs to be addressed.

k)

From the point of cost, it is important to remember the more complicated the installation, the more costly it becomes. In any event, the face veneer is the least costly item and most often less tan 5% of the installed panel costs, and much less in terms of cabinet and furniture work.