Let s dive into the pros and cons of the different woods available for your kitchen cabinets.
Is poplar a good wood for kitchen cabinets.
Poplar is an affordable lightweight highly paintable wood.
To overcome this problem begin sanding the poplar surface with sandpaper progressing from 80 grit to 220 grit.
Poplar is an increasingly common wood used for kitchen cabinetry.
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I did on my kitchen cabinets.
Poplar works well with hand tools and can be had a good price.
Poplar is a very good paint grade wood as long as the instability is taken into account.
It has soft maple as a competitor because poplar tends to be more labor intensive to sand and finish but soft maple is more expensive.
Poplar hardwood lacking bold coloration or an exciting grain pattern has a pale olive yellow brown heartwood and sapwood is lighter off white or gray with greenish hues and doesn t often get the respect we feel it deserves.
Because it s highly versatile.
I would use soft maple if i could do it over.
One question to ask on woodworking or home improvement projects is what species of wood to use.
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Soft maple poplar.
Quot poplar for years has been the paint grade wood of choice for furniture makers and cabinet shops.
Poplar is a hard wood but a soft hard wood.
This wood has a tendency to absorb irregularly and create blotches or discoloring.
Soft maple mills a bit harder but easier to get a smooth painted finish.
The greatest challenge to transforming poplar into a replica of harder woods is in the staining stage.
How you will finish the wood and the specific properties of the species.
I think it isn t used as a primary wood because many consider it to be unattractive.
A good finish is a function of the finisher not painter.
We use poplar mostly.
I have used in for some items in the workshop and quite like it s look.
Poplar the poor man s cherry.
Soft maple and poplar are common for the door panels end frames and face frames in cabinet doors.
To look good when painted these open grained woods need to be covered with filler to have that smooth look when painted.