Borg plywood and shop cabinet question

[newood2]

Is this the same material in my Lowe's with the shelf tag marked "Blondewood"?

No it's not. It's tag Arauco ACX plywood, it's 7-ply with the outer ply about 3/32" thick, and I think it's from South America, not China.

Howie

[drumpriest]

The absolute worst piece of plywood that I've ever purchased came from Lowes. It was their birch ply, and had voids you could put a quarter in. They wouldn't refund me, or do anything for me at all. The girl said that it was typical of the quality I could expect from their plywood. I kind of laughed at her and said thank you for warning me to never buy any from them again.

I've used quite a bit of the borg ply, and the last project had issues. The last stuff was significantly undersized (below 23/32), and had some voids and glue failure. (delamination) I fixed the issues, but I wasn't happy. I'm mostly done with plywood from now on if I can help it.

Today I got some baltic from Rockler, and it's perhaps the crookedest piece of ply I've seen in a long time. Probably stable though, as in it'll stay crooked. :-D