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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Could I please get some help identifying this wood? It is very whiteish, maybe more so than these pictures show. Sands into fine dust, doesn't fuzz up like ash or similar. I don't think it's poplar. It has no green tint to it. I have compared it to poplar I do have in my shop.

Light Wood Road surface Rectangle Wood stain


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Brown Wood Beige Grey Flooring


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It kinda looks like something that s been treated or heated to alter its color .
Very ugly to me.
I m not playing on this one.

- Aj2
Well, I resawed this straight from a raw board. No crazy treatment here. Probably just the photo catches the light strange.

I guess we're at poplar here.
 
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Wondering if it has the same mass? eg. pine and walnut share similar pattern and stringiness. But then the walnut produces fine dust and the pine does not. Sooo is there similar density, weight and such to the poplar on hand?

Where did the wood come from, how did you acquire it?

I have walnut that does not look like walnut should. LOL!
 
#8 · (Edited by Moderator)
My first thought was poplar just looking at the grain. Color-wise poplar ranges from almost white to a dark greenish black. Given what Jerry just posted though, I'd be inclined to agree with him, since the grain patterns are similar, but the color of his floor is closer to your original photo.

Regards,
Bob
 
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How hard is it? Poplar is a pretty soft wood and I bet you could dent it slightly with your fingernail.

My first thought was unsteamed walnut, but that would be much harder and heavier. I vote Poplar for now. Can you weigh and accurately measure one of the boards?
 
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Thanks for all y our responses.
Thank you Ron, but I am not going to buy a book when I have all these smart folks here.
There is a great lumber supplier in Kennesaw, Ga (Peachstate lumber) and I get their scrap barrel every now and then. 3 to 4 foot pieces of all types of wood. This was in there.

Here's another look at it (top boards only):
Brown Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


It is very pale in color and even this picture doesn't show it that well.
It is a light weight wood.

I am leaning towards Poplar or maybe Aspen? Is it aspen or Ash that fuzzes up? This definitely doesn't fuzz up.
 

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#19 ·
Magnolia! Hmmmm… it does have that look. I am in Georgia, the wood comes from all over though. Had Bubinga in the same batch.

Somebody tell me this; if it is poplar and I finish it with tung or danish oil, will it go green at any point? Or does that only happen when you see some green start with?
 
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Magnolia! Hmmmm… it does have that look. I am in Georgia, the wood comes from all over though. Had Bubinga in the same batch.

Somebody tell me this; if it is poplar and I finish it with tung or danish oil, will it go green at any point? Or does that only happen when you see some green start with?

- Chris Cook
The green will actually turn a nice brown if you put it out in the sun for a few hours. You can always sand down and it will be green again too, if you wanted anyway.
 
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I thank you for posting this-
For me, I refreshed my experience with Poplar, matured from other LJ species forums, learned how to remove the green….

Also, while doing some research, on how to identify wood species. I came across this YTube- vid, which is quite interesting, especially when it comes to, examining the end grain, with a ….


Finally, unscientifically, I believe that if I were to cut some sample pieces; the aroma or smell, would trigger a reaction; for example, cut pine, smell pine; cut oak, smell oak… If you are used to poplar; you will remember the smell.
 
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