Wood Veneer contiboard

[Cicero]

Does anybody know if contiboard is still made with a plain wood veneer? I'm looking for a genuine veneer which can be sanded and varnished rather than the plastic 'wood effect' product.

Tia,

Cic.

[Paul Mc Cann]

Do you mean actual Contiboard ? (It is a trade name)

Veneered plywood, chipboard or mdf is easily available from your local timeber merchant.

Paul Mc Cann

[The Natural Philosopher]

MDF certainly is.

[stuart noble]

It was in my Homebase 3 months ago, labelled as "real wood veneer". It's sapele I think and takes a woodworking bleach very well if you want a paler finish (it goes dark orange when varnished otherwise). Won't stand much sanding though.

[Paper2002AD]

A good timber merchant will also have veneered blockboard. I used it (American white oak) when fitting out my newly lengthened narrowboat. Expensive stuff, but a joy to work with and very attractive.

[Cicero]

================== Thanks to all who replied. I really did mean 'contiboard' because it's 5/8" (16mm approx) rather than the more usual sheet sizes of 12mm / 18 mm etc. It also has finished long edges which saves a lot of work.

I'll try Homebase to see if it's there but otherwise I'll probably have to compromise on thickness and try one of the alternative suggestions.

Many thanks,

Cic.

[John]

You can definitly buy it in B&Q, I bought a 8 foot x 18 inch board in light oak only a couple of weeks ago. If I remember correctly there was 3 or 4 different finishes in 'real' veneer and about 6 in the plastic variety. As a previous poster said it wont take a lot of sanding abuse though.

HTH

John

[stuart noble]

It's definitely around. My local Champions Timber also do a version of it though I found it inferior to Conti.