I have had terrible luck sourcing cabinet-grade hardwood plywood.
Lowe’s has maple with 9 plies (OK) but the surface is (less than) paper thin, shreds if you look at it sideways, and it is still not really flat.
Forget Home Depot, 5 ply max. A few years ago, I found a place off I-80 in the Poconos, and it was even more warped than Lowe’s.
Thanks,
Steve G.
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Check out Robert's Plywood in Deer Park, NY, who may deliver to you (if you are buying at least 3-4 sheets or some lumber). They come up to me in Connecticut on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I believe serve New Jersey Monday and Wednesday. They will answer any questions you have about their products; I get all my sheet goods and most of my lumber from them. Simple pre-finished maple for cabinet interiors as well as bookmatched, end-matched, or exotic veneers on MDF or lumbercore plywood. If I'm ever disappointed with a sheet they'll swap it out next time they deliver to me.
I'm not sure how many plies their sheets are but they come to me flat and once a cabinet is screwed together you certainly don't need 11-ply stuff for a strong, stable, square box.
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