Plywood Sample Box – Engraved Menu Folder & Wood Finish Swatches

Plywood menu covers, seen before you order

Wood is one of the hardest materials to choose from a screen: grain, tone and the effect of a clear coat all change with lighting and monitor settings. The Plywood Sample Box puts the real material on your table: a finished plywood menu folder, swatch cards with every plywood finish Inko works with, and a printed catalog. It is designed for restaurants, bars, cafés, hotel F&B teams and interior designers who are planning wooden menu covers, wine lists or check presenters and want to match them to an existing interior before placing an order.

What is inside the box

The box holds one plywood sample menu folder, three branded swatch cards, a printed product catalog, a branded notebook and a pencil, packed in a branded kraft mailer measuring 35 × 24.5 × 5.5 cm (13.8 × 9.6 × 2.2 in). Each swatch card measures about 10 × 15 cm (4 × 6 in) and carries strips of the same plywood used in production. The swatches reflect the current range, so every finish in the box can be ordered. The box is a ready-made set: its contents are fixed and cannot be changed when ordering.

Varnished and unvarnished finishes

The three cards show colour and coating together. Bright painted colours are available only with varnish, while classic wood tones come in both a varnished and an unvarnished version. In total the cards present 10 varnished colours, from natural wood tones to painted shades, plus 5 classic wood tones without varnish. Placing both versions of the same tone side by side shows how the coating deepens the colour, adds a soft sheen and brings out the grain, while the unvarnished finish keeps a drier, more natural look. Holding the strips against a bar top, table or wall panel is the quickest way to see which tone sits comfortably in the room.

A finished plywood folder with an engraved logo

The sample folder shows what the swatches cannot: board thickness, edge finishing, the way the spine and hardware hold the pages, the weight in a guest's hands and how the folder lies open on a table. Its cover carries a sample logo applied by laser engraving, the branding method used across Inko plywood products, so you can judge depth, contrast and line detail at real scale. The folder represents plywood as a material rather than a specific model, and the logo is for demonstration only: the folder in the box cannot be personalised. To test a specific model with your own logo before a full run, any folder from the catalog can be ordered as a single sample piece.

Planning your plywood order

The printed catalog shows the plywood range in context: menu covers, wine list folders, menu boards, check presenters and table accessories. Use the notebook to record shortlisted finishes, sheet formats and quantities while the samples are still on the table, then share the notes with your team or a manager. Engraving contrast changes with the finish, so it is worth comparing how a logo would read on a light tone and on a dark one before artwork is prepared.

Shipping and next steps

The Plywood Sample Box ships from warehouses in Minnesota and Poland. Delivery usually takes 2–4 business days within the United States and within Europe; these times are approximate and depend on the local carrier. When you have chosen a finish, browse wooden menu covers. To compare every material at once, see the Swatch Set and the Large Sample Box in the sample box collection. All Inko products are made in Ukraine. For help with materials, formats or branding, contact our team.