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Whether you're a DIY enthusiast or a professional boatbuilder, Edensaw Woods offers ceiba marine plywood that provides the perfect combination of quality, durability, and performance. Its exceptional properties make it an ideal choice for constructing boats, docks, piers, and other marine structures. Experience the lightweight allure of ceiba marine plywood and elevate your marine projects with the finest quality wood available. Its natural appearance and exceptional performance will inspire your creativity and result in stunning finished products. Our professional staff is always ready to assist you in all your marine panel needs.

Ceiba marine plywood, also known as ceiba plywood or ceiba marine panel, is a premium-grade material specifically engineered for marine environments and boatbuilding. Renowned for its exceptional durability, strength, and moisture resistance, ceiba plywood is the ideal choice for a wide range of marine applications.

• Marine Grade: Ceiba marine plywood is marine-grade, meaning it is certified to withstand moisture and extreme conditions in marine situations. This sort of plywood is typically constructed using waterproof adhesive, such as WBP (water and boil proof) phenol-formaldehyde resin, and is often free of core voids, making it highly resistant to water penetration and delamination over time.
  
  
• Water and Decay Resistance: It is very resistant to water penetration, rot, and fungal decay, making it ideal for use on boats, docks, and other water-based constructions. The wood's structure inherently resists decay, and when laminated with marine-grade adhesives, it becomes even more resilient.
  
  
• Strength and Durability: Despite its lightweight properties, ceiba plywood is quite strong and stable, offering good structural integrity. It is primarily valued for its high strength-to-weight ratio, making it suitable for applications where weight saving is critical. While it may not be as strong as some heavier marine plywood types (e.g., okoume or meranti), it offers a good balance between strength and weight for smaller vessels or non-load-bearing parts of larger boats.
  
  
• Workability: Ceiba is noted for being simple to work with, as it can be cut, drilled, and shaped using ordinary woodworking tools. Its surface is well-suited to finishes, stains, and paints, allowing for aesthetic flexibility in marine design. Applications:
  
  
  • Boat construction: It is commonly used to create bulkheads, non-structural hull components, decks, and interior fittings for lightweight boats, kayaks, and small yachts.
    
    
  • Marine interiors: Ceiba's aesthetic appeal and light weight make it ideal for cabinetry, flooring, and furniture within marine vessels.
    
    
  • Other uses: Other applications include non-marine situations that require great moisture resistance, such as outdoor furniture, garden buildings, and kitchens.
  
  
  
• Sustainability: Ceiba is considered a relatively fast-growing species, potentially making it a more sustainable alternative to slower-growing hardwoods used in marine plywood.
  
  
• Price: Ceiba marine plywood is often less expensive than other varieties of marine plywood, such as okoume or mahogany, while providing comparable performance in a variety of applications. This makes it a cost-effective, high-performance option.
  
  
• Finishing and Maintenance: Ceiba panels, like any other marine plywood, require regular care to remain in good condition. This includes sealing, varnishing, or painting with quality marine-grade coatings to prevent water from penetrating and damaging the wood's surface.
  
  

For boat builders and commercial customers, the technical specifications and adherence to industry standards are paramount when selecting ceiba marine plywood.

• Standard Compliance: High-quality ceiba marine plywood is manufactured to meet the rigorous specifications of BS 1088, the British Standard for Marine Plywood. This certification guarantees the use of WBP (water and boil proof) adhesive, ensures that core defects (voids) are minimal or non-existent, and specifies the structural integrity required for marine environments.
  
  
• Density: Ceiba wood is characterized by its low density, typically ranging from $0.25 \text{ to } 0.45 \text{ g/cm}^3$. This low density is directly responsible for the panel's lightweight property, which is vital for performance boat construction where every kilogram counts.
  
  
• Core Construction: The plywood features a multi-ply construction with thin, uniform veneers. This cross-banded layup provides excellent dimensional stability and strength in both the length and width of the panel, minimizing warping under fluctuating temperature and moisture conditions.
  
  
• Formaldehyde Emissions: Modern, high-quality ceiba plywood often meets CARB (California Air Resources Board) or EPA TSCA Title VI standards, ensuring low formaldehyde emissions for safe use in interior marine and residential applications.
  
  

Available Sizes and Specifications:

• Thickness: Thickness ranges from 9mm to 25mm or greater.
  
  
• Dimensions: Sheets are typically 4-ft x 8-ft, although different sizes may be available.
  
  
• Grades: Available in several grades depending on the quality of the veneers and core, though all marine grades meet strict standards for adhesive and core integrity.
  
  

Find top-quality ceiba plywood for your boat-building or woodworking projects at Edensaw Woods (Edensaw.com), a leading local specialty plywood and panel supplier in the Pacific Northwest. Serving the Seattle-Port Townsend-Tacoma area, Edensaw Woods stocks a wide selection of specialty marine plywood and panels suitable for the most demanding applications. Our premium offerings include high-performance panels such as ceiba, hydrotek, okoume, sande, and tripanel. Beyond marine grades, we are a trusted local supplier of rough sawn and surfaced lumber, wood veneer, and hardwood flooring.

We are your local domestic and imported lumber and wood supplier in Port Townsend-Tacoma, Washington. View our complete range of products and services, or contact us directly for material availability. We invite our customers to tell us about your completed project! and showcase their craftsmanship using materials from our location.