Richlite Material: What is this sustainable material and how is it made?

Ever wondered how our Richlite material can be so dense and durable yet it's made from paper? In this video you will learn how our sustainable material is made. Richlite was established in 1943 in Tacoma, Washington, USA and we've been making our eco-friendly building material ever since.
Watch this video to take a tour of our factory and learn how this durable paper composite material is made.

[@jimstevetom]

Richlite makes a beautiful cabinet/countertop/wall panel material,too!

[@RichliteCompany]

Thank you!

[@trance9158]

Look's like an alternative fretboard material for my bass guitar builds.

[@AdventureSworn]

Looking forward to trying this stuff out for custom knife handles.

[@vinphizz]

The Pisgah Banjo Company in Asheville NC uses Richlite for their fretboards. Looks and feels like ebony to me.

[@MrBlob27]

Great looking product. Wish the price was more attainable for me to manufacture with.

[@j.r7872]

Yeah, I said the same thing about gold. …but they didn’t listen…

[@MrBlob27]

@@j.r7872 gold is finite. This is manufactured. I'm sure the cost will come down with a bit more industry adoption.

[@9unslin9er]

I love this company.

[@mikereese15]

This is amazing to me. Awesome.

[@Xingqiwu387]

Fantastic product! It's just too bad they don't offer brighter, more beautiful colors. The redstone is nice, but the others are too dark and drab. Still, these countertops are known for their exceptional strength and durability. Whoever thought up this process deserves an award.

[@standingmhollow]

How can I get a SDS (Safety Data Sheet) for the resin?

[@udochukwuonwudinjo6067]

is there a documented form of this document?

[@sciense3078]

can the trimmings be recycled?

[@margdrag]

This is some good shit.

[@Junebu99ie]

Gibson Les Paul Custom fretboards are made from that stuff!

[@9unslin9er]

Good! It's better than ebony!

[@boseifrit5480]

Sadly tho

[@boseifrit5480]

@Thomas Jefferson I love gibsons, just not that

[@podfuk]

Not any more LOL

[@user-kc1op3hn5z]

К великому сожалению невозможно приобрести этот материал в России. Гетинакс - любые варианты, а без формальдегида увы нет...

[@planetdigital300]

it is criminal to use this for guitar fingerboards!

[@RichliteCompany]

How so? Have you tried playing with one yet?

[@planetdigital300]

@@RichliteCompany whoever wrote this answer - can't possibly have a heart for guitars - I own 15 guitars and I have played for 32 years - I teach and perform - the fretboard is the most 'intimate part' - it is where your fingers touch and the music is made - so given a choice of putting my fingers on real grained wood (rosewood which is cheaper than richlite) - or putting my fingers on recycled garbage plus chemical resins - is about as easy as choosing good verus evil. Honestly ebony fingerboards are dull - too dark but at least they have some wood grain - richlite looks like the inside of a sterile spaceship - looks like flooring cut to a guitar neck - we also think the enviro-argument is fully BS - responsible rosewood harvesting is MUCH better for the planet than richlite that will degrade and leach the resins into the earth - and all of this - doesn't even start this for us - even if it looked better (it doesn't) - even if it can sound ("as good") - even if it was cheaper (it is not) - even if it was a enviro-plus (very dubious claim) - even if all this was true - we see guitars as instruments with soul - I have played 3 decades to gain apppreciation for the use of woods - only to have richlite replace the beautiful woods and why? A nonsense enviro-claim - do you know how LITTLE wood is used by guitar fretboards each year? So for our point of view, we would not take a guitar for free like this - it is a corrupting trend to acoustic guitars for sure. What is next? Richlite guitars? never for us or our students - we deplore the use of richlite in guitars. period.