5 Clever Ways to Identify Authentic Plywood

Your dream home decor should have great aesthetics. But what about the quality? No matter how perfect and feature-loaded a product you choose, everything ultimately depends on the delivered product. Verifying the same may seem challenging due to the conception of the requirement of technical knowledge.

But CenturyPly ensures that authentication no longer remains rocket science. Hence, here we provide the easiest and clever way to detect the plywood’s genuineness, within seconds. So scroll down and let's begin.

Importance of Authenticating the Plywood

Receiving the authentic plywood has a major influence on multiple aspects:

Ensures Long Life

One of the prime reasons for choosing the brand and plywood after so much effort and from numerous options is to have the best quality suitable for you. The authentication process is a proactive measure to ensure you keep the right product. Also, instant verification ensures you use and fit the genuine plywood at the location of installation.

Guarantees Safety and Compliance

The authenticated product will also ensure that the product meets all the qualities promised by the manufacturer. It will exhibit that the features are structurally sound and remain in compliance with safety regulations.

Saves Money in Long Run

The true product from the brand might seem costlier upfront, but it eliminates future expenses on repairs, treatments, and replacements. Hence, authentication offers cost efficiency.

Identifying Authentic Plywood

Ensuring the plywood being shown by the vendor or the one you have received at the location of installation can be done through the following methods:

Scanning the Product

One of the best, most trustworthy, and easiest methods to evaluate the plywood in question is by using the CenturyPromise app. It requires scanning the QR code on the product or manually entering the code to identify the product’s genuineness. The freely available mobile app from CenturyPly offers quick insights into the product's authenticity, along with its characteristics and many other details.

Steps for verification

• Step 1: Download the CenturyPromise app from the Play Store or App Store, depending on your device type
• Step 2: Create the account, fill in the details and sign in to access the app. The detail requirements are minimal and basic.
• Step 3: Now, after logging in, look for the QR code scanner. Click on the same to open the scanner and scan the QR code printed on the purchased plywood. You can also enter the code manually.
• Step 4: The app will instantly show the results, indicating the authenticity of the product by displaying the message accordingly.
• Step 5: Save the certificate for future reference and explore further details about the product.

Requesting the Bill

Another one of the methods is to ask the vendor for the proper bill. It should have complete details about the shop name and address, along with other necessary details. You can also verify if the dealer and distributors are authentic or not by checking their address and contact number on CenturyPly’s official website.

Steps for verification

• Step 1: Click on the link to be directed to the dealer locator page of CenturyPly.
• Step 2: On the page, select the state and respective city.
• Step 3: Choose the type of dealer and enter the pincode.
• Step 4: Click on ‘Search’ to get the results.

Inspecting Visually Poor Quality

If the plywood seems to be of poor quality, then it is definitely a fake one. CenturyPly is known to offer the best quality products.

Steps for verification

• Step 1: Visually inspect the wood product from top to bottom and front to back.
• Step 2: Inspect to ensure absence of variation in plywood thickness, cracks, chippy corners or gaps between the layers of plywood.
• Step 3: Touch the product to feel the surface evenness. Also, assess the flexibility and bending properties, which should be resisted by the plywood.

Performing Sound Authentication

After visual inspection, use the sound based technique to identify the authenticity of the product. This is because the CenturyPly plywoods are manufactured by gluing together multiple layers, followed by hot pressing. This manufacturing method ensures the product will be heavy and firm, and hence the sound produced on tapping will be dense.

Steps for verification

• Step 1: Knock the product
• Step 2: Listen to the produced sound. If it is hollow, the product is not authentic.

Evaluating via Nailing Test

The product's strength can also be verified cleverly and simply with this method. At CenturyPly, we promise high and long durability. So, the test will ensure whether the plywood can withstand the handling impact and usage.

Steps for verification

• Step 1: Gather necessary items, which include a hammer and a nail.
• Step 2: Place a small nail perpendicular to the plywood.
• Step 3: Hammer it once.
• Step 4: Check the impact. If the plywood splits into two or breaks, then the product is not glued correctly or manufactured according to the standards.

Conclusion

Verifying the authenticity of the purchased product is the need of the hour in current times. With numerous incidents of receiving counterfeit products, the timely inspection prevents loss of money, time, and effort. Quick inspection through the senses like touch, feel, and sound, can be easily done. Another reliable and highly recommended method is scanning the product on CenturyPromise to have documented proof of receiving the accurate product you paid for.