Film-faced plywood
Smooth film for slab and wall formwork.
Film-faced plywood panelApplications · by job
Construction plywood applications: one build for each job
In short
Each job on a construction site maps to one PK Ply build. Slab and wall formwork take MUF or phenolic film-faced panels; floors, decks and platforms take rice, hexagon or wire-mesh anti-slip panels; load-bearing exterior uses take CE-marked structural panels inside the 3.6–30 mm scope of our FPC certificate 0407-CPR-2146.
- Slab formwork
- Wall and column formwork
- Decks and platforms
- Floors and ramps
- Truck and trailer floors
- Structural exterior
- formwork thickness, every day
- 12–21 mm
- anti-slip patterns
- 3
- CE structural scope
- 3.6–30 mm
- pours, phenolic, up to about
- 25
Film
Construction plywood by job, in one film
The film shows each job and the panel built for it: a slab deck, a wall form, an anti-slip platform and a structural panel, each linked to its build at our mills.
The short answer
Construction plywood applications: which panel for which job?
Start from the job, then the pours or the load, then the size. The table gives the build we press for each common job.
| Job | Panel | Thickness | Glue or face |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slab formwork on timber joists | Film-faced | 18 mm | MUF or phenolic |
| Slab formwork on beam systems | Film-faced, 1250 × 2500 mm | 21 mm | Phenolic |
| Walls and columns, many pours | Film-faced | 15 or 18 mm | Phenolic |
| Frame formwork facing | Cut-to-size film-faced | 12 or 15 mm | Phenolic or MUF |
| Decks, platforms, stair landings | Anti-slip | Per order | Rice, hexagon or wire-mesh film |
| Truck and trailer floors | Anti-slip | Per order | Wire-mesh or hexagon film |
| Load-bearing exterior panels | CE structural | 3.6–30 mm | MUF or phenolic, EN 13986 |
Formwork
Can I use plywood to form concrete, and what thickness?
Yes: film-faced plywood is the usual face of slab, wall and column formwork. 18 mm suits most slab decks and walls on timber joists; 21 mm suits beam-and-deck systems; 12 and 15 mm suit frame facings and curved work.
The film gives the concrete its surface and strips clean, the hardwood core spans between supports, and the painted edges keep water out of the core. Seal every site cut before the next pour.
Plain, unfilmed plywood can form concrete once or twice, but it soaks up water and marks the surface. For repeated pours, order film-faced panels.
High-reuse walls
Which glue suits high-reuse wall formwork?
Phenolic glue. With proper handling, a release agent on every pour and sealed edges, our phenolic film-faced panels give up to about 25 pours, against about 12–15 for MUF.
Wall forms are struck, cleaned and set again many times on the same job, so the extra pours of a phenolic bond are used. On a short job with few strikes, MUF is the better buy.
Decks and floors
Which anti-slip patterns do you press for floors and decks?
Three: rice, hexagon and wire-mesh, pressed into the film on an Acacia or Eucalyptus core. The catalogue lists a 220 g/m² anti-slip reference; the film and duty are fixed per order.
Two of our anti-slip specimens were pendulum-tested by SGS under DIN EN 16165 Annex C: one of 200 × 145 × 18.38 mm gave 58 dry and 40 wet, one of 200 × 150 × 14.62 mm gave 60 dry and 53 wet. The values belong to those specimens; we claim no slip class.
Decks, scaffold platforms, stair landings, ramps and truck or trailer floors are the usual jobs.
Structural
Which panels carry CE marking for structural exterior use?
Panels ordered as structural plywood under EN 13986, inside the scope of our factory production control certificate 0407-CPR-2146: 3.6–30 mm, MUF or phenolic glue, for dry, humid and external conditions.
The performance values for each thickness are on the Declaration of Performance, not on the certificate. A formwork panel is not a structural panel unless it is ordered and declared as one.
Buyer questions
Questions about construction plywood applications
What plywood is used for formwork?
Film-faced plywood with a hardwood core and MUF or phenolic glue; we press it in 9–40 mm, with 12, 15, 18 and 21 mm as the everyday sizes.
What thickness plywood for formwork?
18 mm for slab decks and walls on timber joists, 21 mm for beam-and-deck systems, 12 or 15 mm for frame facings and curved work.
Which anti-slip patterns do you press for floors and decks?
Rice, hexagon and wire-mesh, pressed into the film. Pattern and film weight are fixed per order.
Which panels carry CE marking for structural exterior use?
Panels ordered as structural plywood under EN 13986 within our FPC scope of 3.6–30 mm, MUF or phenolic glue.
Can I use plywood to form concrete?
Yes. Film-faced plywood is made for it and strips clean for the next pour; plain plywood soaks up water and suits only a pour or two.
Which glue suits high-reuse wall formwork?
Phenolic: up to about 25 pours on our panels with proper handling, release agent and sealed edges, against about 12–15 for MUF.
Do you make plywood for furniture or packing?
No. We make construction plywood only: film-faced, anti-slip and CE structural panels.
Quotation
Send your specification
Tell us the job, the thickness and the quantity. We reply with the build we would press and an FOB Hai Phong, CFR or CIF price.