I never mixed solid wood with plywood on stain finish before. Sure I put solid trim on some cases that I built, but they were all painted with milk paint. I have a customer who, because of budget, wants to use plywood and have a stain finish on it. So, here is my question:
When applying a stain on a cabinet that is made from plywood and poplar, what color distortion can I expect from the plywood to the poplar trim?
Shaker
Edited 4/21/2004 12:01 pm ET by shaker
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I can't answer the poplar question, but I have done a considerable amount of oak cabinets and furniture using veneered plywood and solids. Just like other woods with dissimilar grain patterns, the plywood and solid may take stain differently, but nothing out of the ordinary.
If your plywood and trim are both poplar, no noticeable difference should result with stain.If your ply is a different specie than poplar, well yes you'll notice it.
What kind of plywood are you using? Poplar isn't often used for stain grade work but is an excellent paint grade wood.
If you're mixing wood species, it'll show.
shaker, experiment with some scrap wood and try a "prestain" product before you apply the final stain. It has worked well for myself over the years. Mixing and matching plywood with solid woods can be difficult to blend the colors together. Hope this helps- Mic
get the same cut of plywood as you use for the trim.
If using plainsawn solid wood trim, get plywood with same species and plainsawn veneer - this will make it impossible to tell you've used plywood (unless you go looking at the joinery or you don't cover up the edges of the plywood). Likewise, if using QS trim...get QS veneer plywood.....
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