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I see that Lowes sells both whitewood and pine in common grade. They are two different prices, so I assume they are different. I don't go to Lowes often, since they are not convenient for me. Therefore I have not looked to see if I can tell the difference.
I have come to ask the experts. What is whitewood compared to pine.
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Truly coincidental, I was prowling the 2x4's at HD tonight and looking at prices....and noted the "whitewood" at the lowest price. I wondered too, what it is.
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Ag, interesting. I was on both HD's and Lowes' website prior to my first post and I dd not see whitewood at HD's site. It is also much less at Lowes.
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IT's wood that will twist and bend in the back of your truck by the time you get home with it.....
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(10-22-2016, 09:06 PM)Superglide Wrote: IT's wood that will twist and bend in the back of your truck by the time you get home with it.....
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Otherwise known as junk wood.
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Yes. It's usually junk. Whitewood isn't anything particularly, just some hardwood or other.
I think in my thirty six year career, I've never bought anything sold as "whitewood."
If you need glue blocks or something, maybe you can use it. Otherwise you will do fine if you never buy any of it. It ain't prized material.
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(10-22-2016, 09:06 PM)Superglide Wrote: IT's wood that will twist and bend in the back of your truck by the time you get home with it.....
Oh, it is normally what they use to make plywood
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Whitewood is a trade name for spruce or white pine, generally.
Its like Red Oak, that can be any one of the 17 species that are categorized as such. Its basically a trade name.
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