Overheard a guy at the lumberyard say plywood's getting worse every year

He was buying 3/4 birch for a built-in and said his last batch from big box had voids in 4 out of 7 sheets, makes me wonder if suppliers are just pushing thinner cores down the line now, anyone else seeing that lately?

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max2231mo ago

4 out of 7 sheets? That ain't plywood, that's a lottery ticket.

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stella_taylor1mo ago

Did you actually count the plies when you cut into it, or are you just going by what the sticker said? Cause I've seen "7-ply" boards that had maybe 5 real layers and a couple of paper-thin ones glued in to pad the number. That's the real scam now. What brand was it, anyway? Just curious if it's the same junk I ran into last month.

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