One question to ask on woodworking or home improvement projects is what species of wood to use.
Poplar cabinets durability.
Very easy to work in almost all regards one of poplar s only downsides is its softness.
The most common modern day use for poplar is to make wood pallets storage and shipping crates and other utility items for which strength and durability are more important than appearance.
Heartwood is rated as being moderately durable to non durable.
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Soft maple mills a bit harder but easier to get a smooth painted finish.
Poplar is a wood species commonly used in a variety of woodworking projects.
Susceptible to insect attack.
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I did on my kitchen cabinets.
It s barely harder than pine.
Poplar is a hard wood but a soft hard wood.
To say that maple and poplar are close in hardness toughness or durability is ridiculous.
Due to its low density poplar can sometimes leave fuzzy surfaces and edges.
Cypress alder hemlock white pine basswood and poplar commonly used for paint grade cabinets but medium density fiberboard mdf is a much better choice since it is much harder about 1200 on the janka scale similar to oak versus 540 for poplar.
Poplar is better for painted cabinets.
On the other hand poplar is often favored for the structural components in cabinets such as drawers guides and struts because it s cheaper lighter and easier to work with.
You can dent poplar with your fingernail.
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How you will finish the wood and the specific properties of the species.
I would use soft maple if i could do it over.
Among maple birch poplar and ash sweet birch has the highest specific gravity at 0 65 with a janka measurement of 1 470.
Especially during shaping or sanding.
Quickly design your poplar flat panel cabinet doors.
On the wood hardness scale janka scale pine is 420 poplar is 540 and maple is 1450.
We use poplar mostly.
Sugar maple black maple sweet birch yellow birch and white.
Consider strength durability and personal taste when selecting wood products.
Blue ash has the highest janka rating at 2 030 with a specific gravity of 0 58.
Red oak cabinets are more durable than poplar cabinets resisting dents and scratches better.
You can find poplar in many furniture projects toys and wood turnings because it is inexpensive fairly easy to work and takes nails screws and glue well it works best with paint as a finish but it can be successfully used to simulate finer woods provided the proper steps are taken in the finishing process.
Maple is harder than all oak varieties.
