What are balsa wood sheets?

Balsa wood sheets are made from the lightest known wood. It is one of the preferred materials for building models and mock-ups. It is a light and resistant wood sheet, easy to use and durable, making it ideal for model making. For carpentry activities or academic work, due to its properties, it is recommended as an acoustic and temperature insulator. Wide sheet presentation to cover larger spaces, roofs or ramps in scale prototypes.

What size balsa wood sheets do you have?

Balsa wood sheets Features: Low density, easy to cut and sand, easy to cover with water-based paints. Ideal for your school projects, model making and aeromodelling Dimensions (Side x Side):size expressed in millimeters

2 millimeters	3 millimeters	4 millimeters	5 millimeters	6 millimeters
2 x 25 millimeters	3 x 25 millimeters	4 x 25 millimeters	5 x 25 millimeters	6 x 25 millimeters
2 x 50 millimeters	3 x 50 millimeters	4 x 50 millimeters	5 x 50 millimeters	6 x 50 millimeters
2 x 75 millimeters	3 x 75 millimeters	4 x 75 millimeters	5 x 75 millimeters	6 x 75 millimeters
2 x 100 millimeters	3 x 100 millimeters	4 x 100 millimeters	5 x 100 millimeters	6 x 100 millimeters
2 x 125 millimeters	3 x 125 millimeters	4 x 125 millimeters	5 x 125 millimeters	6 x 125 millimeters
2 x 150 millimeters	3 x 150 millimeters	4 x 150 millimeters	5 x 150 millimeters	6 x 150 millimeters

Each has a standard length of: 90 centimeters.

You can choose the measurements you want.

What are balsa wood sheets used for?

Mainly for aeromodelling, architectural models, and general modeling.
Construction of tanks for chemical products, tubs, baths for wind generators, automobiles, trucks, boats.

How are Balsa wood sheets used?

Balsa is very easy to work with and does not require electric saws or any other tools normally used for hardwoods; with a utility knife or a hand saw and a sanding block, you can comfortably work with it.
Therefore, it can be cut, sawn, bent (when the grain direction allows), sanded, and glued.

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To complement this balsa wood, it is best to use Faber Castell acrylic paints, which will help you paint the balsa easily and efficiently. These paints are suitable for balsa because they are water-based, which is ideal for painting on balsa. Our store has all art and stationery products from pencil sharpeners and pencils to canvases and paints. We also have other forms of balsa such as balsa sticks, round balsa sticks and the balsa block.