Meranti Wood

What Is Meranti Wood?

Meranti wood is a flexible wood; Meranti is also called Lauan, Balau, and Philippine mahogany. It has many subspecies, sources as well as purposes.
The majority of meranti wood uses are for domestic use.

Meranti does not originally come from the United States of America, thus to acquire this wood, it needs to be imported from Southeast Asia, where the woods are originated.

This wood is easy to work on because it can be cut, sand, and mill easily. Meranti wood uses are usually for furniture, molding, window, structure, door trim, and cabinets.

This wood is also used as veneers for plywood. In terms of price, Meranti is one of the hardwood types that are pretty reasonably priced.

What Are The Advantages of Meranti?

There are many benefits of buying furniture that is made of Meranti. They are as follows:

  • Dulling Effect: The quantity of silica in meranti wood is quite much. As a result, there will be a dulling effect on woodworking equipment.
  • It is quite resistant to twisting or warping: This is the best feature that meranti wood has. It will not twist or warp.
  • Meranti is dimensionally stable; it means that the wood will preserve its dimensions when it is under humidity and temperature.

What Are The Disadvantages of Meranti?

  • One of the big drawbacks of meranti wood is that it has no resistance to decay or insects.
  • Other than that, you need to do maintenance regularly, like varnishing to keep it in shape.