Cedar Wood Veneer Information

There are many types of Cedar but for domestics, we only stock Western Red, Aromatic Cedar and occassionlly Port Orford. (See Spanish Cedar in our import section.) Each of these woods has many uses including architectural panel production. The most common Cedar that our customers ask for is vertical grain Western Red Cedar. The look most are after is usually a medium brown tone with little color variation. That is one of the hardest looks to supply because Western Red Cedar colors swing and spike considerably, therefore it requires a lot of high grading. Aromatic Cedar veneer pretty much maintains its classic red brown with sap cedar chest look but can be a little difficult to work with because of its brittleness. Port Orford Cedar has that cross between pine and fir look. It is a very nice wood to work with but is getting increasingly harder to find. Alaska Yellow Cedar is available once and a while and it is very attractive but can be difficult to work with due to its ability to expand and contract wildly at times. Western Red and Port Orford Cedar are soft woods so their vertical grain structure can collapse while under the stress of mechanized splicing. Quite often it is easier to splice the faces together by hand rather than hasseling with trying to fine tune your splicer, if you have one, unless you have a bunch of faces to make and it is worth the time investment.

CVG Western Red Cedar

Eastern Rd Aeromatic Cedar

CVG Port Orford Cedar

Alaska Yellow Cedar