How Woodcraft Shutters Are Built

Quality Materials

At Woodcraft Shutters in Oxnard, California, a quality shutter starts with quality hardwood. Our shutters are made with a select and better grade of basswood sourced from the Mid-West and East Coast of the United States. The hardwood is milled to our specifications in Southern California. Our louvers are solid, not laminated or finger-jointed. This prevents future cracking and warping. We have made single shutter panels as wide as 40+"—this is important if you have a view and want a large panel shutter to eliminate excess vertical stiles, which would be necessary with multiple smaller panels across your windows and doors.

We construct your shutter with the utmost care. We use multiple 2" wooden dowels to join the top and bottom rails with the shutter stiles. This produces a powerful shutter panel that we can safely warranty for life—it will never separate or lose its structural integrity. Tall Woodcraft Shutters do not require multiple divider rails for added strength—we can build 8- or 9-foot shutters without horizontal breaks that rob you of a clear, clean view.

 

Shutter staples are extra-long and will not detach over time. All of our shutter panels have adjustment screws for maintaining proper louver tension over time. Shutter louvers rotate on nylon pivoting pins that are made in California. After assembly, your shutters are sanded and prepared for the finish process.

Priming & Painting

Shutters that are to be painted are primed and sealed with a water-based pigmented primer. After drying, they are entirely hand and machine-sanded. They are then cleaned, and the finish coats are applied. Typically, eight passes of the spray gun are used for the finish coatings. Our shutters have a semi-gloss finish for cleanability and durability. Our finishes can apply extra gloss if desired or be sandblasted for a rustic, textured look.

Stained Shutters

Stained shutters, which display the natural wood grain, are always a rich and warm display of your good taste. Stained shutters start with hand-selected hardwood, selected to show grain pattern and variation. After careful assembly, the panels are sanded and cleaned for the finish booth. The stain is sprayed on the shutter panel and hand-wiped into the raw wood. After drying, the shutters receive a coating of sanding sealer, which deepens and enriches the stain color. After drying, the shutters are carefully sanded and cleaned, and a clear finish coat is applied.

 

The completed stained shutter can be compared to the finest handmade custom furniture. Our finish materials are not solvent but water-based materials so that they will remain true to their original color years later—they do not turn yellow with sun exposure. They also do not use gas, have very low VOC, and are non-toxic and environmentally safe.

Delivery & Installation

After the shutters are finished, we will apply the hinges and frames. If you ordered your shutters to be installed by Woodcraft Shutters, our office staff will contact you to arrange for your professional installation by our team.

Made in America

We take pride in sourcing almost every component from suppliers in the United States. Our sustainable hardwoods come from the Eastern half of the US; we use Senco brand staples, Mato brand louver pins (Saugus, Ca), hinges from Hardware Resources (Louisiana), and finish materials from Aqua Coatings (The Mid West), Sherwin Williams (Southern California), and Vista (Southern California).



And, of course, your shutters are designed, assembled, and finished in our Ventura County factory.

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