Former "ramin" frames, now veneer?

[cjmst3k]

Tonight I'm cutting a few of Decor's square profiles which used to be ramin, and were changed a while back to be other-than-ramin. Tonight I'm noticing it has a veneer which wraps around it, but it looks to be a wood veneer.

Anyone else notice this? Maybe I'm just late to the party on this change.

Here's the collection. I'm cutting the thinnest version.

http://decormoulding.com/catalogpage.aspx?p=133

 

[Baer Charlton]

Two things to try on it Chris, ChartPak down the backside (ask Shayla), or fill with Attach EZ's Fix & Fill heat stick turned up to about mid-heat.

If it dissolves the former way, it's paint, if it dissolves later, it's either paint or paper.

And that will be all I will be saying on that subject.

 

[FrameMakers]

I have run into this as well with another company that is no longer in business. They took their's to paint instead of veneer. I also just got in one from Omega that used to be on ramin. The new wood doesn't look anything like the original. What was pecan is now orange.

 

[jim_p]

I've never heard the term "ramin" before. Are they making mouldings out of instant noodles now?

 

[Island View Jake]

Ramin is a tropical hardwood.

 

[FrameMakers]

Or was a tropical hardwood. It was a great wood to work with. Just about the best thing available IMO. Used to be cheap then it was over forested and now is endangered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonystylus

 

[Rick Granick]

Are they making mouldings out of instant noodles now?

Sometimes it seems like it, doesn't it?
Rick

 

[khooengtheng]

What is RAMIN?

I've never heard the term "ramin" before. Are they making mouldings out of instant noodles now?

Ramin is a kind of tropical food you can find in Asia!!

 

[David Waldmann]

...and Ramen is a kind of non-tropical food you can find in the US...

 

[Jeff Rodier]

Ramin became the go to moulding in framing because of how straight and uniform the grain is. It accepts stain very well with little color variation. It was not used in furniture because it only runs 6 inches in diameter so it can not be cut into planks wide enough for furniture building. Ramin grows extremely fast so it can be harvested every few years. Since it is a long striaght grain it does not warp and does not contain irregularities in it like American hardwoods.

 

[Jeff Rodier]

...and Ramen is a kind of non-tropical food you can find in the US...

And at 15 packs for a dollar you can eat as much as you want. Every framer in the country can afford it.

 

[FrameMakers]

Jeff, we were also told that it was a fast growing hardwood. I think this was a lie that was spread around. If it was so fast growing it would not be on the endangered species list.

 

[Jeff Rodier]

Six years to full maturity. The housing boom caused the extreme harvesting of it to feed the frame manufacturing boom. A couple years from now it will be back in framing since the extreme slow down in the framing industry.

 

[khooengtheng]

Illegal logging of RAMIN in Malaysia.

http://www.mtc.com.my/issues/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84:trade-of-ramin&catid=34:happening&Itemid=55

 

[more_so]

Would you guys please quit rammin' this down our throats!

Before the boom I used a lot of 2" square Ramin library style moulding with a very nice cherry stain that was costing $1/ft. Then $2/ft. Then almost $3/ft. Terrific on-the-wall client appeal. And so easy to chop and join!

Order the same part number today and you'll get plastic wrapped mystery wood.