{"id":1853,"date":"2026-10-29T08:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T08:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaivoy.com\/guides\/film-faced-plywood-thickness-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T08:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T08:01:53","slug":"film-faced-plywood-thickness-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kaivoy.com\/es\/guides\/film-faced-plywood-thickness-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Faced Plywood Thickness Guide: 12-18 mm, Glue and Reuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choosing formwork board by price per sheet is how projects pay twice – once in pours lost to delamination, once in the labour of re-facing. The honest selector is reuse cycles matched to the pour schedule, and the glue system that survives the site’s moisture. KaiVoy’s full range is on the formwork plywood page<\/a>; this guide picks the thickness and grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel range at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Panel<\/th>Size<\/th>Glue<\/th>Reuse<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Commercial plywood 12 mm<\/a><\/td>1220 \u00d7 2440 mm<\/td>Interior grade<\/td>Fit-out and packing, not formwork<\/td><\/tr>
Red board \/ bare 15 mm<\/a><\/td>1220 \u00d7 2440 mm<\/td>Urea (dry use)<\/td>Typically 3-5 pours<\/td><\/tr>
Black film faced 15 mm<\/a><\/td>1220 \u00d7 2440 mm<\/td>MR<\/td>Typically 6-12 pours<\/td><\/tr>
Black film faced 18 mm<\/a><\/td>1220 \u00d7 2440 mm<\/td>MR<\/td>Typically 8-15 pours<\/td><\/tr>
Fair-faced formwork 18 mm<\/a><\/td>1220 \u00d7 2440 mm<\/td>Phenolic WBP<\/td>Typically 10-20 pours<\/td><\/tr>
Shuttering 18 mm<\/a><\/td>1830 \u00d7 915 mm<\/td>Film faced option<\/td>Volume shuttering, edges sealed on request<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to read the table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n