Veneer

Al Ghanem also sells high quality veneer of various types in large quantities.

Veneer MDF

Customers can have veneer pressed sheets, readily available in stock or can have MDF or COMMERCIAL PLYWOOD pressed WITH VENEER on demand. They come in various thickness such as 3mm, 4mm, 6mm, 9mm, 12mm, 18mm etc.

Wood Inlay

In true inlay work the design is routed out in a matrix of one material and a piece of different and contrasting material is fitted into the depression. In the early days, since the workers were hampered by lack of proper tools, inlay work was for a long time considered very difficult and was, for this reason, generally not done by amateurs. Today, with the aid of modern shop equipment, the work no longer presents unusual difficulties and the ancient craft is once more gaining in popularity as a recreational activity. Inlay is still used extensively in bedroom furniture, door designs, wall panels and in decorative items in most Arabic designs.

Marquetry

Marquetry is an artistic matching of numerous small pieces of veneer to form a design or picture. The pieces are then assembled after the manner of a jigsaw puzzle and glued to a heavier matrix or supporting piece. Marquetry, in reality is not true inlay. Marquetry has many advantages over inlay, especially in forming complicated patterns, that it has quite replaced the more difficult work of inlaying except in the case of inlaid banding, which is still generously employed to embellish fine cabinet work.