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Building Boards and Plywood Basics
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What are a group of building materials often faced with paper or vinyl, suitable for use as a finished surface on walls, ceiling, etc.?
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Building boards
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Building boards are flat, relatively thin in section, and have been made to standard sizes – usually what dimensions?
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4 x 8 feet
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What is made by bonding together thin layers of wood in a way that the grain of each layer is at right angles to the grain of the adjacent layer?
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Plywood
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Each layer of a plywood is called what?
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Veneer
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What process involves a log fixed in a lathe and rotated against a knife so that the veneer is peeled from the log in a continuous sheet?
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Rotary cutting
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What type of plywood is designed for use in wet environments like boats?
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Marine plywood
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What type of plywood features decorative surfaces?
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Fancy plywood
8
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What type of plywood is standard for general construction?
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Ordinary plywood
9
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What type of plywood is used for concrete formwork?
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Form plywood
10
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What type of plywood comes pre-finished for paneling?
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Pre-finished plywood paneling
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What is made from processed wood chips, forming uniform, hard, grainless sheets?
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Hardboard
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Hardboard is used in what applications like interior panels and durable sidings?
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Interior panels and durable sidings
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Unlike solid wood, what is very homogenous with no grain?
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Hardboard
14
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What can be glued onto hardboard to give the appearance of solid wood?
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Wood veneer
15
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What overlays include Formica, laminated papers, ceramics, and vinyls on hardboard?
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Formica, laminated papers, ceramics, and vinyls
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What is a laminated composite material invented at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1912?
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Formica Laminate
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Formica Laminate was originally used to replace what in electrical applications?
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Mica
18
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What is Formica best known for: a heat-resistant, wipe clean laminate of paper with what resin?
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Melamine resin
19
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What grade of hardboard is light, flexible, light brown in color, and not suitable for exterior work?
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Standard
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What grade of hardboard is brittle, stiff, resistant to water, dark brown, ideal for exterior?
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Tempered hardboard
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What grade of hardboard is low density, not as strong, used for decorative boards like blackboards?
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Low density
22
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What is made from three types of fiber – wood, sugar cane, asbestos, and binder, formed into a board?
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Insulating fiberboard
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What grade of insulating fiberboard is for insulating, decorative panels, ceiling tiles, V-notch plaster base, and roof insulation?
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Insulating grade
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What grade of insulating fiberboard has surfaces and edges coated with asphalt or fibers impregnated with asphalt?
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Sheathing Grade
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What kind of insulating fiberboard is produced by pressing logs against a grindstone which breaks down the wood into fibers?
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Wood fibers
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What kind of insulating fiberboard is made from asbestos mixed with cementing agent, ideal for fireproofing and acoustical purposes?
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Mineral fiberboard
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What kind of insulating fiberboard uses shredded cane processed into fibers?
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Cane fiberboard
28
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What is made from building board particles and a binder like phenolic resin or urea formaldehyde glue, often faced with veneer?
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Chipboard
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Chipboard is used for sheathing for walls and roof, subflooring, and what else?
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Fence paneling
30
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What subtype of chipboard may be unsanded, sanded on one side only, or sanded on two sides?
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Plain