Properties |
MECHWOOD |
Natural Wood (1st Grade) |
Plastic Wood |
Environment friendly |
100% Environment friendly and saves forests. |
Depletes Environment due to deforestation. |
Plastics are not environment friendly |
Seasonal effect |
Does not expand/contract |
Expands & Contracts |
Very easily affected due to changing weather |
Bonding ability |
Excellent |
Good |
Does not bond |
Nail / screw holding |
Excellent |
Good |
Very Poor |
Strength |
Stronger than Natural Teak Wood & Plastic Wood |
Weaker than MECHWOOD |
Extremely Poor |
Versatility |
Highly Versatile as it can be used for various applicable due to its superior properties of fire resistance, water proofness etc. |
Poor as it has various inherent problems of effect of water, termites, fire etc. |
Very poor due to its poor properties of temperature resistance and effect of sunlight. |
Warping |
Does not Warp when exposed to sunlight or high temperatures |
Slightly Warps when exposed to sunlight |
Very easily Warps when exposed to sunlight. |
Applications |
Complete replacement to use of natural wood INDOOR AND OUTDOOR due to its superior properties and Machineability |
Limited in outdoor and indoor due to effect of water, fire etc |
Not suitable for Outdoor application & limited application to Indoor application due to poor resistance Sunlight, fire , poor strength & poor bonding ability |