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RE: What is whitewood - p_toad - 10-23-2016
Around here they call it "firewood".
Seriously though...my neighbor bought some of that stuff from Finland and i don't see how they can cut and mill that stuff and ship it over here and sell it for what they do...
RE: What is whitewood - MichaelMouse - 10-23-2016
Whitewood would smell like your SPF if it were SPF. Let your nose - which knows - be your guide. Used to be genuine poplars - not tulip - which had no regular market other than pulp around here. Locals call it "popple" and it smells sort of musty.
The Lowes picture of whitewood certainly shows knots and grain like spruce or balsam fir, but apparently it's whatever tumbled to the ground coming from the kiln. Caveat emptor
RE: What is whitewood - Cecil - 10-23-2016
(10-23-2016, 06:49 AM)MichaelMouse Wrote: The Lowes picture of whitewood certainly shows knots and grain like spruce or balsam fir, but apparently it's whatever tumbled to the ground coming from the kiln. Caveat emptor
Actually, some of their pictures of whitewood look like SYP. In fact I am seeing the exact same picture, with the knots in exactly the same place, for 1x6, 1x8 and 1x10 whitewood. I would not put much trust in their pictures. I pass HD on the way home from work. I will have to check out their whitewood. While I often buy "stuff" from HD, I generally don't buy wood there. I don't even look at their wood any more. Next week I will test my cringe reflex and look at their wood stock.
RE: What is whitewood - Bill Holt - 10-23-2016
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RE: What is whitewood - 5thumbs - 10-23-2016
As others have noted, it is mixed and could be any of a number of wood species. I have found the best use for whitewood is to cut it into 7" - 12"
lengths and split it using a rusty hatchet. It makes very good kindling......
RE: What is whitewood - Steve N - 10-23-2016
PG, the "whitewood" in that pic from Lowes sure looks like what I have always called white pine, knots and all.
RE: What is whitewood - packerguy® - 10-23-2016
(10-23-2016, 06:45 PM)Steve N Wrote: PG, the "whitewood" in that pic from Lowes sure looks like what I have always called white pine, knots and all.
Yup.
What do I know though.
RE: What is whitewood - JGrout - 10-23-2016
(10-23-2016, 07:43 PM)packerguy® Wrote: Yup.
What do I know though.
A lot more than a certain other "expert"
RE: What is whitewood - Steve N - 10-23-2016
I was thinking along that line too.
RE: What is whitewood - MichaelMouse - 10-24-2016
(10-23-2016, 08:20 AM)Cecil Wrote: Actually, some of their pictures of whitewood look like SYP.
All common conifers are similar in knot appearance and distribution. SYP, while possible, is generically a "yellow" pine, rather different from the white woods. Highly differentiated annuals, too.