Can't identify wood

Hmmmm....could it be Poplar?

Regards

Send a small section to the National Forest Products Lab in Wisconsin. It will take a few weeks, but you will have a definative answer, and all it costs is shipping - one way.

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I have some wood that came from Korea that sounds as you describe. Has an odd sweet smell when cut. If it is the same, it does not stain well, but looks OK natural and takes paint OK. I have no idea what the species is.

Might it be Radiata Pine? It's a fast growing, very bland colored softwood.

I get pallet wood all the time throw most of it away. Most pallets are oak and poplar , some pine and on a rare occasion CHERRY!!! What you are looking at is most likley to be poplar....Brian in Hampton.

Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 1:33am (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@mts.net doth wonder: This question is for all those who have worked with reclaimed wood and have a few clues as to what kind of wood it is you are using. My kid sent me a load of reclaimed 'pallet wood'

That's a no brainer. It's popular wood. Free wood is always popular.

JOAT A rolling stone gathers no moss...unless it's a hobby he does on the weekends.

If the pallets originated in Manitoba, they're almost certainly poplar.

Of course, not "poplar," but poplar.