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All Plyboo products are made from Bamboo strips. Bamboo is hollow in the center and we are working with the wall thickness of
the stalk. The wall at the base can be more than an inch thick and will taper over the length of the stalk. We are milling a flat
strip from the core of this wall. These strips are then boiled in a bath of boric acid and lime solution. The purpose of this bath is
to extract the starch that attracts termites or powder post beetles. Boric acid and lime are a natural non-toxic repellent, used to
insure that our products will come to you pest free and will continue to be so throughout the duration of their product life. The
strips are kiln dried and sanded to a smooth surface for laminating. The strips are then laminated edge to edge to create a
single-ply panel. These panels are then laminated again to each other to create a multi-ply bamboo plywood. Our products
come in two colors, natural and amber. The natural color is the color of the bamboo untreated. The amber color is derived from a
heat treatment process that darkens the bamboo, giving it a warm tea-stained, amber tone.