Bamboo Veneer - The World's Fastest Growing Veneer

Pop Quiz: What's the only wood veneer that doesn't come from a tree?

Answer: Bamboo Veneer, it comes from grass.

Well it's actually a very thick grass that can be nicely sliced into an exotic-looking wood. Bamboo Veneer is considered by many to be the ultimate environmentally friendly choice for wood veneer. This is because it grows so quickly, and therefore is an extremely renewable resource.

There are four types of Bamboo Veneer: Natural Vertical, Natural Planked, Carbonized Vertical, and Carbonized Planked.

Natural Vertical Bamboo Veneer: This is a nice beige to blond color, with thin straight grain in strips of 1/4". Natural Vertical Bamboo is the most popular of the four varieties and is probably the type you think of when bamboo is mentioned.

Natural Horizontal Planked Bamboo Veneer: This has the same beige to blond color as Natural Vertical Bamboo, but the grain structure and pattern is different. Instead, Horizontal (also called Planked or Horizontal Planked) has wide grain of about 3/4" strips. Within the strips are Bamboo style darker patches at regular intervals.

Carbonized Vertical Bamboo Veneer: This has the same thin 1/4" grain pattern as Natural Vertical, but its main color is a buckskin tan darker shade.

Carbonized Horizontal Planked Bamboo Veneer: This has the same thicker 3/4" grain and the characteristic Bamboo patches as the Natural Horizontal Bamboo, but its main color is the same buckskin tan darker shade as the Carbonized Vertical version (slightly lighter in some cases, as the pictures show).

In addition to it's green appeal, Bamboo Veneer is moderately priced, with Planked being priced a bit higher than Vertical. If you have any questions about Bamboo Veneer or you'd like to place an order, be sure to give us a call at 800-426-6018 today.