What Are Natural Wood Veneers?
Real wood veneers are cut from natural logs using a variety of slicing methods to produce a very thin “veneer leaf”.
Each veneer leaf is then applied to an engineered panel “core” material in a variety of core thicknesses. The veneers provide a beautiful face and back to the panel product that can then be cut to produce cabinetry and other items.
The most common cutting method is called Plain Sliced or also known as Flat Cut. The cut goes straight through the log which creates a cathedral pattern in the center. These Plain Sliced veneer leafs are then applied to the panel core in order, to preserve the color and grain characteristics throughout the width of the panel.
The Quarter Cut method is used to eliminate the cathedral pattern that results from cutting through the center of the log. In this case the log is first “quartered” so that the veneer leafs can be sliced through the quartered section of the log and produce only straight grain.
On red and white oak, (and some other uncommon species) the quartered method can produce a flake pattern in the veneer that is undesirable. To eliminate this flake pattern, the quartered log must be rotated as it is sliced through. This cutting procedure is called Rift Cut. The resulting grain is also straight but the flake pattern in oak is eliminated.
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