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   IronDog | Apr 12, 2002 06:17am | #1

   Hi,

   Interesting question! in general you don't want to use a wood with high tannin content such as oak as stickers on a wood with low tannin content such as maple because there might be staining. I guess that might apply to plywood as well. Or you could put some saran wrap around the stickers to prevent that.

   But other than that I can't think of a reason that plywood stickers would be bad....

   Provided that ( as applies to all stacks)

   1) the stack is level and in plane

   2) the stack has lots of air passing through but not rain and not lots of sun

   3) you weight the stack down with cinder blocks or whatever to keep the boards from warping out too much.

   Good luck!

   Tom

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   SCFrankland | Apr 12, 2002 03:47pm | #2

   I have always swore against using plywood as stickers. I will always use dry wood of the same spices. The moisture in wood will cause some of the plywoods chemicals to leech out. MDF and Practical board are the worst.Scott C. Frankland

   Newfoundland Wood Worker

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   sschefer | Apr 12, 2002 07:30pm | #3

   Scott, I just saw what you are talking about. A stack of con com redwood 1 x 8 dimensional at the hardware store stickered with plywood stickers. Every piece has three black stripes across them. That ought to look really nice on someones fence.Steve - in Northern California

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   SCFrankland | Apr 12, 2002 08:09pm | #4

   I used to work in a hardware store and all the lumber that came in with plywood stickers had real nice sticker stains on them. I used to through them to one side and buy them at cost to use for jigs.Scott C. Frankland

   Newfoundland Wood Worker

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   user-6271258 | Apr 13, 2002 08:40pm | #5

   Thanks for the input, guys! I figured since I have easy access to scrap plywood I could just use that. I hate the thought of cutting up perfectly good wood into 1" strips. However, after digging around in all the places I hide my "someday" wood (as in "someday I'm going to need this!") I found a whole pile of old furring strips (back when they were actually 3/4") from when I ripped the ceilings down in my house 4 years ago, which should give me just enough to do the job. They are certainly aged well enough (30+ years!)

   See? It really does pay to be a packrat!

   Thanks again!

   Tom