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   bones | May 18, 2004 05:03pm | #1

   Works great for doors (painted). I built a kitchen cupboard with poplar and the doors are solid poplar about 14" wide by about 48" long x 3/4 thick. I edge glued 3" wide piece with biscuits. Primed and painted with several coats of latex. Two kids and 15 years of hard use and it is still standing looking pretty good.  I used poplar back then because that was all I could afford. 

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   notDusty | May 18, 2004 05:04pm | #2

             molten ,

       Poplar can and is used for paint grade work with good results. Poplar is about as hard as Alder. Soft Maple , Silver Maple are also good choices as is Alder .

                                    good luck           dusty

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   Mackwood | May 19, 2004 12:44am | #3

   molten,

   Poplar would be a great choice as long as it's painted.  It's used in lots of very nice stair components where parts are stained and parts (the poplar ones) are painted.  It takes and holds paint exceptionally well!!

   Regards,

   Mack

   "WISH IN ONE HAND, #### IN THE OTHER AND SEE WHICH FILLS UP FIRST"

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   mlbfreestyle | May 19, 2004 06:35am | #4

   I am using poplar for most of the trim work in my house.  Door jambs, casing, baseboard, shelving.  Almost everything that is painted is poplar.  It is plenty strong for most applications.  It does paint very well (I use shellac primer then oil top-coat).  It holds screws fairly well.  And is reasonably dent resistant.

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   jimmyk | May 19, 2004 03:17pm | #5

   I thought it'd be ok, just never used it before. Somewhere in my schooling somebody told me to use maple for painted doors and that's what I've always done.

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   DavidxDoud | May 19, 2004 07:00pm | #6

   m,  there is poplar and there is poplar...it is common to see beautiful doors from the 1800's made of tulip poplar here in the midwest - straight and clean - - then there is some of the 'poplar' I have seen in the commercial channels,  flat sawn,  of questionable identity and quality - - choose good stock and you can make beautiful stable doors,  in poor materials there is no satisfaction -

   but you know that - - good luck with your project"there's enough for everyone"