Anybody know where to get this 9 ply baltic birch (picture)?
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I’m trying to find this 9 ply, what I believe to be 3/4″ baltic birch plywood but I’m not sure where it’s sold. I usually go to Lowe’s since it’s closer but HD is here as well. The 1/2″ bb plywood from Lowe’s is 7 layers, the same thickness as in the picture. Their 3/4″ bb is 7 layers as well, just thicker layers. I don’t need a lot. Cost might suck some but I could see paying for shipping 2 1/4 sheets of this kind of bb if I had to.
Would the bb plywood HD carries be any different? Is this higher ply plywood referred to by a particular name?
Thanks.
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Mt.Storm manufactures the best plywood that I know of. They're a wholesale operation in Windsor CA. But they list dealers. I frequent a lumberyard that carries their products or can order for me. Their "apple" ply is 13 layers at 3/4" . I don't use sheet stock much anymore but was often disappointed in box store birch plywood that I would have occasion to purchase. The outside veneer being so thin that if you sand it at all its gone! When I discovered Apple ply( which has nothing to do with apples) it was pretty much all I would use.
That's not Baltic Birch. And I've never seen BB carried at one of the big box stores. Not remotely.
Most of the sheet goods at big box stores are crap. The one decent one at Lowes I am horribly allergic to. I won't touch it again. A sheet of real BLtic Birch is more than twice the weight of the Lowes stuff.
Does it need to be 7 ply? Presumably for the look?
You'll have more choices and much better quality if you try a real hardwood dealer.
To get the 9 ply in Baltic birch it would need to be 1/2 thick. The 3/4 would have 13 plies. What you show is likely poplar plywood, it’s good for cabinet frames and panels and has 9 plies in the 3/4 inch thickness.
https://www.langevinforest.com/fr/merisier-baltique-4-x-8
https://www.garnica.one/en-us/plywood-boards/range/performance/performance-ultra-smooth.html
Lowes sells "birch" plywood, which is outer faces of white or yellow birch on a core of unknown wood. It's not bad looking for shop stuff, or more casual furniture, especially if the edges don't show or you're going to stain or paint. But not the highest quality, as others have pointed out.
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I believe I've just gotten myself up to speed on what a sheet of true baltic birch looks like.
And interesting on the popular plywood observation. I'm new to higher end plywood in general so it's good to know to start looking in another direction.
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