Plantation Shutters Materials
Shutter Material
Shutter material comparison is hard sometimes, what is the best plantation shutter material? there are so many plantation shutter material suppliers, who should be your best choice? We specialize in choosing the best raw material from the shutter materials suppliers, which ensures the best quality of window shutters for our clients.
After years of manufacturing shutters in China, as per the feedback from our long-term cooperated customers, who come from Australia or USA, for solid wood material, the most popular one was basswood, and for kitchen or bathroom windows, the best material should be PVC because of it’s waterproof features.
Basswood
Basswood is a kind of lightweight natural wood, it is soft and easy to carve, therefore, basswood used widely in boxes, instruments, and furniture, and, it is also one of the best plantation shutter materials, widely used in the window shutters industry, in addition, it can be painted or stained very easily, offer you a very nice surface treatment.
Faux Wood
Fauxwood is a kind of plastic that is made from PVC(Premature ventricular contractions ), it is also called vinyl, or poly material when the shutters are made of this material. It will be a little heavier than wooden shutters. While, the poly shutter had the characteristic of a waterproof function, which is very helpful during installation in the kitchen, or washroom site. In addition, PVC shutters are hard to make shaped plantation shutters, like sunburst, round or arch shapes, while, full-height shutters, it is even the same look as wooden window shutters.
Ash Wood
Ashwood is a kind of hardwood, it has very good features of strength and durability. The ashwood shutters are fit for an ancient look design, it’s deep and nice wood grains are unique.
It is a vintage window shutter material, after installing these shutters, the whole house will be elegant, beautiful, and attractive. While cost of ashwood will be much more expensive than normal wood. Therefore, the use quantity for this material is smaller than other wood.
Pinewood
Pinewood is more and more popular used in the window shutters industry in recent years, this material is a little lighter than basswood. While, after the painting treatment, it is hard to tell what the wood type inside is. Therefore, pinewood is not fit for stained shutters, because of its coarse textures. If look at the surface carefully, you will find that the grains were not good-looking. So, pine wood is normally picked for painted color shutters.
Red Oak
Red Oak comes from the name Quercus rubra, it is also a kind of hardwood. The usage of this wood is normally for cabinetry, floor, furniture, and shutters. Its textures are coarse, and, it is easy to carve as well. While, as the other shutter materials become popular, the proportion to make shutters by red oak is not very big.
Ayous Wood
Ayous wood is a type of hardwood, that comes from Triplochiton scleroxylon.Its appearance is light and creamy white, and, it is easy to carve, cut the material. Therefore, for painted color, full-height shutters, it is also nice to make by this material.
Plantation shutter material is a must done work before you start to import, if you have any questions during your shutter material comparison, just send us an inquiry any time for a further discussion between our shutters experts and designers.
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