Wood panel

A process for preparing a wood panel comprising the steps of:

• providing a composite wood component, the wood component including an upper surface layer, the upper surface layer having an exterior face;
• providing a veneer component, having a thickness of about 1/64″ to about ¼″;
• sanding the exterior face of the upper surface layer;
• applying an adhesive resin to the exterior face of the upper surface layer to form a resin applied exterior face;
• and
• contacting the veneer component to the resin applied exterior face to form a wood panel.

A wood panel comprising:

• a composite wood component having upper and lower surface layers containing wood strands substantially oriented in a first direction, wherein the wood strands are bonded by curing of a binder material contacting the wood strands where the binder material is substantially free of water and comprised of a curable powdery aldehyde resin and a curable isocyanate resin;
• and a core layer located between and bonded to the first and second surface layers, where the core layer comprises wood strands substantially oriented in a second direction that is different from the first direction;
• a veneer component attached to the upper surface layer of the wood composite core;
• and
• a resin applied to the exterior face of the upper surface layer and the exterior face of the lower surface layer at a concentration of about 6 g/ft2 to about 20 g/ft2.