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ACobra289

Post subject: Is 3/4" ply acceptable for risers?

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:24 pm

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I am going to be installing prefinished maple on the stairs. I would like to paint the risers white. I have priced some 3/4" poplar and some nice pine (no knots) and they are more than I would like to pay. I found some 3/4" birch 2 ft x 4 ft for about $17 bucks. That should yield about 3 risers per sheet. Anybody else use plywood for the risers?

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Ken Fisher

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:51 pm

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I'd stick with the Poplar. It takes paint much better than the other two mentioned. Pine would show the grain more...I think. Not sure about Birch, but Poplar is the choice of most people.

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Jerry Thomas

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:53 am

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Poplar or primed MDF is what I use.

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ACobra289

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:44 am

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Thanks guys.

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