Cut lines will show easy. Use Maple and finish with Tung oil. Yes and no. According to Robb White who lived in Georgia. Robb White Boats Robb designed and built a number of very nice small craft using yellow poplar with good results. It is hard to say whether the durability varies regionally, which has been documented with other woods or Robb was a good builder who took excellent care of his boats.
Cutting boards: I have … Read more ». It already is. Drums Ludwig and guitars Gibson for sure. Probably many others too. I need to make furniture which is going to the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Used trusses for roof. That was 30 years ago and has not given any structural problems to date.
Has anyone ever seen one? Much less use those measurements to describe a poplar in general. A walk through Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is a journey back in time through a magnificent forest with towering trees as old as years. Some enormous tulip-poplars are more than 20 feet in circumference and stand feet tall. Or will it punch and shine naturally with a coat or two of clear epoxy?
One or two seal coats, and how many flood coats? You might very well get the results you want with an epoxy by itself. I use epoxy Z-Poxy as a grain filler and first coat on acoustic guitars, primarily because it enhances the color and chatoyance of the woods.
Try a sample and see how it looks! General Finishes Arm R Seal. I have experiments about a year old with other types of wood using Nano poly and it really does seal the wood and not sit on the wood surface. It would not hold up well.
It is too soft. White oak would be a much better choice. Also white oak stains beautifully. Lovely grain. A poplar will take about fifty years to grow to maturity.
I work in a yo building. The original room of the house ring dated to has poplar floors, confirmed by the flooring guy who refinished them a couple of years ago. I have some furniture that says is made of poplar solid wood and the paint is chipping off easily. Is this normal?
Where it is flaked off, it looks like styrofoam underneath? That looks very suspicious. Poplar does not have large pores, so those black lines on the side of the wood are either fake, or from a different species of wood with larger pores.
I do have access to several poplar trees and a mill. Thoughts on using the poplar? How long should it air dry before being put to use? Thickness the boards should be cut? I primarily use poplar to build upholstered furniture.
I used to do the millwork for a lot of homes both supplying and finishing the millwork. I used a lot of poplar both stained and painted. It is an excellent wood to paint. Also someone mention poplar siding, while Wehave no poplar trees around here we do have cottonwood and I grew up on a farm that had the trees and a sawmill.
Every building on the place except … Read more ». I used poplar from my own land for the siding on my barn, painted red or course.
As for looks, painted red as I mentioned, people have often stopped and complimented me on my beautiful barn, and all it cost me was a little bit at the local sawmill. The definition of a hardwood or softwood is in the structure not whether if is soft or hard to work. All conifers are softwood by cell structure. Balsa wood is a hardwood by cell structure but is a very soft wood. Seeds without a shell ie pinecone are softwoods.. And this includes exposure to high humidity.
Poplar is an excellent option for artist canvas stretcher bars. It is light, very strong, straight and resistant to warping, bending and bowing. Certain species, particularly rainbow poplar, take on a variety of interesting hues when stained or allowed to weather in the sun, and these species are favorites for wood turners, who use them to make bowls, plates and other artisanal items.
Chris Deziel is a contractor, builder and general fix-it pro who has been active in the construction trades for 40 years. He has degrees in science and humanities and years of teaching experience. An avid craftsman and musician, Deziel began writing on home improvement topics in Is Poplar a Hardwood?
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