Re: [ATM] painting plywood

[Guy Brandenburg <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com>]

Could be. I've never tried CD plywood myself for
ANYTHING; it looked too much like crap, even for me.
Guy

--- Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Guy...
>  
> It's not the esthetics that I was referring to. In
> my experience the C-D graded plywood is made from a
> rather soft wood with no particular effort taken to
> avoid voids, gaps etc in the layers. Putting screws,
> or other type fasteners into C-D plywood is like
> trying to nail JELLO to the wall. Making it work
> well is not a trivial process and if you value your
> time at all, it is less expensive to buy a better
> quality plywood product.
>  
> Ken Hunter
>  
> 
> 
> Guy Brandenburg <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I find that painted softwood plywood works fine.
> Just
> doesn't look as wonderful as varnished Appleply.
> Otherwise, no difference at all. You can re-paint as
> often, or as seldom, as you please. And if it's
> cheap
> plywood, you won't care so much when it gets that
> first scrape or ding.
> 
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