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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Does anyone know what type of wood species the home depot and lowes whitewood is?. i assume its pine, but i can't find a verification anywhere on that.
 
#3 ·
I believe the white wood in our Lowe's comes from the North American Crooked Tree. It produces boards that bow, twist, and curve and is largely used in the field of wasting my time trying to find two boards that by the grace of God came out straight. However, since Menards is becoming the People's Republic of Hardware, I get sucked into going to Lowes. Okay seriously, I asked a Lowe's employee and they old me that their white wood was pine and that their poplar was the prepackaged boards.
 
#8 ·
By reading this forum I have learned that wood sold by the box stores is by region. Most of the wood noted in this forum are not sold at either Lowes or HD here. We only have pine, doug fir, poplar and red oak with an occational soft maple.
 
#9 ·
SPF can also be Hemlock or, as the lumber dealers call it "Hem/Fir".
TRASH! Not even good for studs in an outhouse.
 
#11 · (Edited by Moderator)
A wee bit late here , but a local (western MA) lumber mill is selling "white wood" at $1.00 /foot up to 9"wide.
The owner told me via email that their white wood is in the "Poplar family".....haven't seen it yet myself , but he claims it paints and stains and works well and is used by furniture makers for drawers , etc..
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/mat/2869352996.html
 
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