Come See Us at a Conference Near You

The Lamin-Art team will be on the road to meet with you on two different occasions starting tomorrow.

California

We will be participating in the AWI Spring Professional Development Seminar in sunny Marina Del Rey, California, from April 29 to May 1^st. More information can be found here.

Wisconsin

Closer to home, we will also be exhibiting at the AIA Wisconsin Convention and Building Products Expo, April 28-29 in Madison, WI. The show floor will be open to the public on Wednesday from 3 to 7 pm and on Thursday from 11 am to 2 pm, free tickets can be obtained here.

We hope to have the opportunity to meet with you, answer your questions, and learn how we could further help you with the use of our products.

More shows and events.

Veneer-Art Fabrication Tips

In preparation for the upcoming AWI Spring Professional Development Seminar, we thought of offering our fabricator friends some important tips to help them achieve flawless installations with our Veneer-Art High-Performance Wood Veneers.

Acclimate Veneer-Art

It is crucial to keep in mind that Veneer-Art is made of genuine - not reconstituted - wood. It is therefore a "hygroscopic" material: it will attract and absorb moisture from the air. This is why Veneer-Art must be conditioned, along with its substrate, for 8 to 10 days in the same atmospheric conditions where it will be installed. It is also preferable to avoid extremely dry or extremely humid conditions.

Prevent moisture penetration

It is imperative to seal all edges and seams with a clear varnish. This will help prevent moisture penetration, which could cause blistering, cracking, delaminating, or discoloring of the surface due to oxidation.

Create a balanced assembly

Lamin-Art must be carefully adhered to the substrate using a rigid bond adhesive suitable for the particular equipment to be used (hot or cold press). Contact adhesives should be avoided or limited to very small surface areas due to their elastomeric nature. Glue coverage is key, and a balanced assembly will go a long way towards preventing warpage. 

At all time, we recommend millworkers adhere to the AWI's Architectural Woodwork Standards when fabricating Veneer-Art, or any other wood or wood-based product.

For more information on the specifics of fabricating Veneer-Art, please refer to our Installation Sheet.

Share your Success Story

We always like to hear about our clients' successes, and we enjoy even more sharing them with our readers. Have you completed an outstanding installation with Veneer-Art or any other Lamin-Art product? Just send us a quick note at newsletter@laminart.com and your project could be featured in our Portfolio, or become one of our case studies.

In the meantime, you can get inspired with the following stories:

Lakeline Mall
Design by Omniplan Architects, fabrication by Commercial Millwork.

Windstar on Naples Bay
An outstanding installation by S&S Craftsmen.

Green Tips: The Eco-Friendly Sides of Wood

Since this issue of The Source has a focus on wood, we thought of sharing with you some interesting facts about the sustainable advantages of wood as a building material.

Wood is considered a "carbon negative" product:

- it absorbs and stores carbon dioxide in its fibers (almost half of the wood's dry weight is carbon) and gives back oxygen through the photosynthesis process;

- it is produced using solar energy and irrigated with natural rainfall;

- very little fossil fuels are burned through its harvesting process, which only happens after several years of growth and;

- good business practices and common sense dictate that wood production and transformation facilities use wood residues to generate a large proportion of their power.

The same log sliced for veneer will yield 40 times more surface area as it were used for lumber.

In short, wood is natural, renewable, recyclable, reusable and biodegradable; and veneering is a great way to maximize the yield of that natural resource.