Birch Plywood

Birch plywood is widely used in the industry as apaint grade cabinet carcass material along with soft maple or poplar aspaint grade solids for doors and face frames. I know when you lookat the beautiful smooth surface and grain pattern it seems almost a sacrilegeto slop paint on it but for the bucks, its hard to beat it as a backerfor a professional looking painted finish. Besides, as great as it looksraw, it has a tendency to take stains irregularly, much like pines andfirs leaving dark blotchy areas. You can use some pre-stain products todeal with the problem, but your best "natural finish bet" for the sawbucksis

Birch plywood is widely used in the industry as a paint grade cabinet carcass material cover with or without plastic