Plantation Shutters Materials
Shutter Material
Comparing shutter materials can be challenging. What is the best plantation shutter material? With many shutter material suppliers available, choosing the right one matters.We select the finest raw materials from trusted suppliers from trusted suppliers, ensuring the best quality 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 lightweight natural wood that is soft and easy to carve, tIt is widely used 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 easily painted or stained, providing an excellent surface finish, offer you a very nice surface treatment.
Faux Wood
Fauxwood is a plastic material made from PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride),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, Its deep, attractive wood grain is unique.
It is a vintage window shutter material, These shutters add elegance and character to any home. 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 has become increasingly popular in the 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. Upon close inspection, the grain pattern is less attractive than other woods. 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 hardwood species from Triplochiton scleroxylon.Its appearance is light creamy white, and it is easy to carve and cut. 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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