APA Residential & Commercial (APA - The Engineered Wood Association)

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GUIDE TO APA SPECIALTY PLYWOOD PANELS^(a)FOR APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS, SEE FOLLOWING PAGES.

APA DECORATIVE

Typical Trademark

Rough-sawn, brushed, grooved, or striated faces. For paneling, interior accent walls, built-ins, counter facing, exhibit displays. Can also be made by some manufacturers in Exterior for exterior siding, gable ends, fences and other exterior applications. Use recommendations for Exterior panels vary with the particular products. Check with the manufacturer. EXPOSURE DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS: Interior, Exposure 1, Exterior. COMMON THICKNESS: 5/16, 3/8,1/2, 5/8.

APA HIGH DENSITY OVERLAY (HDO)^(b)

Typical Trademark

HDO • A-A • G-1 EXT-APA • 000 • PS 1-95

Has a hard semi-opaque resin-fiber overlay on both faces. Abrasion resistant. For concrete forms, cabinets, countertops, signs, tanks. Also available with skid-resistant screen-grid surface. EXPOSURE DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS: Exterior. COMMON THICKNESS: 3/8,1/2, 5/8, 3/4.

APA MEDIUM DENSITY (MDO)^(b) Typical Trademark

Smooth, opaque, resin-fiber overlay on one or both faces. Ideal base for paint, both indoors and outdoors. For exterior siding, paneling, shelving, exhibit displays cabinets, signs. EXPOSURE DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS: Exterior. COMMON THICKNESS: 11/32, 3/8, 15/32, 1/2, 19/32, 5/8, 23/32, 3/4.

APA MARINE

Typical Trademark

MARINE • AA • EXT-APA • 000 • PS 1-95

Ideal for boat hulls. Made only with Douglas-fir or western larch. Subject to special limitations on core gaps and face repairs. Also available with HDO or MDO faces. EXPOSURE DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS: Exterior. COMMON THICKNESS: 1/4, 3/8, 15/32, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4.

APA PLYFORM CLASS I^(b)

Typical Trademark

Concrete from grades with high reuse factor. Sanded both faces and mill-oiled unless otherwise specified. Special restrictions on species. Also available in HDO for very smooth concrete finish, and with special overlays. EXPOSURE DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS: Exterior. COMMON THICKNESS: 19/32, 5/8, 23/32, 3/4.

APA PLYRON

Typical Trademark

PLYRON • EXPOSURE 1 • APA • 000

Hardboard face on both sides. Faces tempered, untempered, smooth or screened. For countertops, shelving, cabinet doors, flooring. EXPOSURE DURABILITY CLASSIFICATIONS: Exterior, Exposure 1 . COMMON THICKNESS: 1/2, 5/8, 3/4

(a) Specific plywood grades, thicknesses and exposure durability classifications may be in limited supply in some areas. Check with your supplier before specifying.

(b) Can also be manufactured in structural 1 (all plies limited to Group 1 species).

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