What is BWP and BWR grade plywood?
In layman’s term these are water proof plywood. Even tough these are similar but have very small difference.
- BWP stands for Boiling water proof.
- BWR stands for Boiling water resistant.
BWP and BWR are the grading standards set by authorities to differentiate products manufactured by factories for various purpose. Here BWR is used to grade Plywood and BWP is used to grade plyboard.
In BWP/BWR grade plywood Phenol formaldehyde is usually used for gluing the individual plies together to come up with the final product in form of plywood or plyboard.
BWP/BWR is used in every furniture which is in direct / indirect contact with water. For example Kitchen,
Bathrooms and Basins.
ISI specification number for Commercial BWP/BWR grade plywood is – IS(Indian Standard):303
