Have a question about using plywood for furniture
Hey all,
So I am planning some projects where I think plywood is the best option. A couple of cabinets and a couple of bookcases. My question comes to "matching" the ply with the hardwood pieces you use. For example, if I made a cabinet out of ply, but the frame/doors where say walnut, how do I get it to match? I see some of your alls projects and it all looks like solid wood, even though you say only the frame, or edge, etc. is solid. So how do you turn "whiteish" plywood, into beautiful black walnut so it doesn't look starkly different then the actual hardwood you put in the piece? This has been bugging me a long time not knowing the answer. I always assumed you just "stained" it, but does stained plywood ever look like tung-oiled walnut? Thanks for any help!
jason
One Consideration is the Kind of Plywood
If you try to match a rotary cut plywood with solid wood you are in trouble. By rotary cut I mean the type they shave off a log as it spins in a lathe. Plywood where the outer layer is cut in the same way lumber is cut (rift, quarter sawn etc.) tends to take stain and finishes like lumber. This pretty much keeps you out of Home Depot, etc.