Meranti plywood is a Southeast Asia mahogany that is very utility-oriented with colors ranging from white to a dark reddish brown. The wood is light to medium weight, and widely used for light construction and more importantly for veneers.
The sapwood of Meranti plywood is lighter in colour and distinct from the heartwood which is red-brown darkening to a dark red; Planed surfaces are fairly lustrou and there is a stripe figure on radial surfaces. The texture is rather coarse but even, and the grain is interlocked and wavy.
Light red Meranti plywood is almost equal in strength to the weakest type of dark red meranti.
Meranti Plywood Inventory
2.7mm 3'x 7'
2.7mm 4'x 8'
5.2mm 4'x 8'
12mm 4'x 8'
18mm 4'x 8'