What is poplar Poplar wood?
Poplar Poplar, also referred to as tulip poplar, yellow poplar, or white poplar, dimensional hardwood lumber is ready for your craftsmanship to be made into cabinets, furniture, trim, or your own special project. If you require a hardwood species not listed, or to purchase lengths longer than 12' please call us at 1-800-732-1697 or email.
Is Poplar a hardwood or softwood for cabinets?
Even though it's considered a hardwood by species, Poplar is one of the softest woods you can use for cabinets. It dents if you look at it the wrong way.
Is Poplar too soft for a kitchen countertop?
It's too soft for a hard use environment like a kitchen. Go with a denser wood instead, or if you're choosing Poplar because of budget, HDF or MDF would be a better choice. It will have less seasonal movement and be more impervious to dents and dings.
Can you paint over Poplar?
Poplar is extremely porous. Because of that, it soaks up paint like a sponge and will require additional coats of primer and paint. Plus, the end grain of Poplar is very absorbent and not as tight as other woods. This ends up being problematic because it sucks up moisture really easily.
What is flat stock wood?
Wood flat stock means an interior panel containing wood including but not limited to redwood stocks, plywood panels, particle boards, composition hardboards, and any other panels containing solid wood or wood product.
Is Poplar good for Moulding?
Known for its ability to paint well, poplar has a consistent and tight grain pattern which makes it also easier to cut, carve and mill with little or no grain tear or raise. Poplar also sands well, keeping its edge – with no open pores and often no risk of bleed-through. 3. It's quite resilient.
Is Pine good for trim?
Pine Is Inexpensive Pine is one of the least expensive woods and one of the easiest to work with. It is the standard lumber for framing houses and is usually used for exterior trim and molding, on roof facings and around exterior doors and windows.
Is poplar better than pine for trim?
Poplar is a good choice for projects where a premium-quality painted finish is the goal. Also, poplar, which is actually a hardwood, is a bit more durable than pine, which makes it a better choice for applications that receive lots of traffic or abuse, like chair rail in a dining room or wainscoting in a mudroom.
Why is poplar used for trim?
"Poplar is strong and stable and resists warping." "It takes a licking and is easy to patch and paint, you don't have to replace the entire piece."
Is poplar better than pine?
Pine is beautiful, easy to work, and takes finishes better than poplar. Poplar is easy to work but harder than soft pine, making it a better choice for weight-bearing structures. Hard pine is more robust than poplar but also more expensive. Both take glue, nails, and screws without splitting.
Is poplar a good wood for baseboards?
Poplar is an excellent choice for wood baseboard so long as the baseboard is to be painted. Its smooth, tight grain lends itself particularly well to painted finishes. However, due to its wide color variations from light to dark (and even green to purple), Poplar is not recommended for natural or stain finishing.
Is poplar a harder wood than pine?
Poplar is harder than pine and the grade we stock has zero knots. That means it's a good quality grade of lumber. Poplar in general is considered a paint grade wood because of the big variation in color. One-piece of poplar may look almost white, some look greenish, or even purple and black.
What is poplar used for?
Poplar works best as a secondary wood - for hidden furniture parts, mouldings, face frames, and cabinet structure. But for cabinet doors? The focal-point of a kitchen that withstand a lot of use? Not so much.
What color is poplar wood?
Poplar has a lot of color variation - it's white to yellow in color, and sometimes it can be slightly greenish. Because of this, we recommend not choosing Poplar if you're going to stain the wood.
Why is poplar tree so fast?
The Poplar tree grows incredibly fast. Like a weed. It has wider, less dense annual rings which makes for a less stable wood. And because of this weed-like structure, it has a tendency to twist, warp, and swell with moisture and humidity.
Is poplar wood a good wood for cabinets?
Dents easily. Even though it's considered a hardwood by species, Poplar is one of the softest woods you can use for cabinets. It dents if you look at it the wrong way. In fact, it's the softest wood we offer. See hardness scale below. Here's the thing. Poplar's one of the most popular paint-grade woods.
Is poplar wood affordable?
Since Poplar grows so fast it's one of the most available and therefore affordable woods on the market (except right now, pricing and availability is a little crazy for all wood ).
Does poplar wood need primer?
Needs more paint and primer. Poplar is extremely porous. Because of that, it soaks up paint like a sponge and will require additional coats of primer and paint. Plus, the end grain of Poplar is very absorbent and not as tight as other woods. This ends up being problematic because it sucks up moisture really easily.
