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Show Flush Door Like Desk Top; All Wood Finishes SuiiabL i j ' ' ' ' I f;ll::;lpli::;;;:. r ? A0M W.'l "! ifHil iU: i. i 4 : 1 i . i To understand what a "flush door" is, think of a desk top. Besides Be-sides size and shape, the only difference dif-ference in appearance is that both sides of a flush door are faced with attractively grained hardwood hard-wood veneers. Flush doors, like most desk tops, are made of hardwood plywood. ply-wood. Doors of this kind are being be-ing used in homes to a steadily increasing extent. The intrinsic beauty of wood veneer is one reason flush doors are so well-liked. For maximum smoothness, flush doors are belt-sanded belt-sanded at the factory. This enables en-ables the home-owner to select any method of wood finishing wax lacquer, stain and varnish, shellac or paint. Flush doors resist sagging, .warping and buckling. Plywood gains these qualities from its cross-grain construction, in which the grain of one layer of wood runs at right angles to the gram of adjacent layers. Some flush doors have solid cores and some are the hollow-core hollow-core type. Hollow-core doors are as much as 40 percent lighter than standard panel doors, which have recessed surfaces instead of being entirely flat and smooth. ; Despite its name, a hollow-core door is not completely hollow. Interior construction often consists con-sists of many small compartments, compart-ments, permitting the door to be light in weight without any sacrifice sacri-fice of strength or durability, i Flush doors are easy to clean. There are no dirt-catching moldings mold-ings as there are in panel doors, j Wood veneers of handsome - grain and texture are needed only for the surfaces of a flush door. Flush door attractively laced iri-wood iri-wood veneer fits charmingly ji. decorative scheme of living Because interior sections ca ; made of less attractive but endurable en-durable woods, manufactr costs are kept low. Flush it? are in the same price raiw'i panel doors of comparable m. |