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baltic birch plywood

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  • 28-03-2015 4:56pm
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    cargen
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am planning to diy a bookshelf.
    Can you advice where I can find Baltic birch plywood for a good price in Dublin area

    Thanks


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    knickerbocker
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭knickerbocker


    Woodworkers on Mount Tallant Ave, Terenure. 18mm is about €60 for an 8'x4', they also do a 5'x5' 18mm interior (not boil proof) for about the €40 mark.

    www.woodworkers.ie


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    The Duk
    Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭The Duk


    strahan timber has great ply. You can see the shoe rack I made with their ply in one of my old posts.


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    cargen
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭cargen


    Thanks.
    I will send an email for a quotation to both.
    I checked on internet, they both have birch plywood bb/bb quality.
    Do you think they have both the same quality or one is better than the other?


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    recipio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    cargen wrote: »
    Thanks.
    I will send an email for a quotation to both.
    I checked on internet, they both have birch plywood bb/bb quality.
    Do you think they have both the same quality or one is better than the other?

    If you need furniture grade plywood check the sheets first. They have a nasty habit of putting 'patches' into defects in the Birch veneer. I bought two sheets unseen and one of them has dozens of patches.


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    knickerbocker
    Registered Users Posts: 233 ✭✭knickerbocker


    recipio wrote: »
    If you need furniture grade plywood check the sheets first. They have a nasty habit of putting 'patches' into defects in the Birch veneer. I bought two sheets unseen and one of them has dozens of patches.

    A guide to the grading here:

    http://www.wolstenholme.com/plywood-products/baltic-birch/grading/

    most of the sheets commonly stocked in Ireland tend to be BB/BB.


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    recipio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    knickerbocker wrote: »
    A guide to the grading here:

    http://www.wolstenholme.com/plywood-products/baltic-birch/grading/

    most of the sheets commonly stocked in Ireland tend to be BB/BB.

    Interesting. I have over a dozen patches on both sides of 12mm ply so its more like BB/CP. There is also a run of yellowish veneer on one side. If I were doing something like a kitchen or display units the BB/B premium grade is obviously the one to go for although none of them seem to be perfect ?


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