Plywood at Home Depot question.

Count on them knowing less.

I was at my local HD last night and saw that they also carried 2'x4' sheets of this stuff. What I also saw was that of the 5 sheets in the bin, 3 of them had the core plys coming apart. One was so bad I thought at first I was looking at a 1/4" piece of plywood. Maybe these pieces came from a bad run or maybe the employees left the stack outside in the rain. Whatever the case, I think I'll pass on this stuff for now. At least from my area store (West Norriton, PA).

-Bill

Maybe I have encountered some lucky exceptions, but I have talked with a couple of people at our local HD that are quite knowledgeable. There are two older men in the tools area that have help with me technical details of some of the tools. In some cases, steering me towards their own stock, in other cases, recommending specialty stores in the area. In other cases, I have gotten helpful advice in electrical and plumbing areas.

I can say that the most helpful people look to be retirement age and might be doing this as a side job after retirement. I would stay away from the 17 year old stock boy who doesn't even know what 2x4 means.

I saw a 7-ply ?? birch/maple at HD for $30.

I dont recall the number of plys, but it was not the "many" ply cabinet stuff.

For $30 I was thinking it may be good for shop cabinets and misc bookshelves/cabinets around the house.

That sounds like Sande.