jbrowning Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 I have been to all my wood people here in Colorado Springs and none of them have Poplar wood with purple running through it. Is anyone else finding the same thing? Quote
Dan Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 I bought a poplar board at Menard's two years ago because of all the colors including purple. Haven't seen any since but I also haven't been looking. Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted January 3, 2018 Report Posted January 3, 2018 Don't think i have ever bought a piece of Poplar with purple in our area.....would like to see that. Quote
jbrowning Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 I sure wish I had taken a picture of the two boards I bought last year with the purple in it. I was actually able to make like 4 or 6 nativities Scott posted up with the purple being the star and the tail of the star. Those pieces went really quick when I put them out at the sales this past November and December. Quote
jbrowning Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 I also just saw that it is called Rainbow Poplar. Quote
Sycamore67 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 I find some green and purple poplar at Menards. I have also gotten some great blue pine. Every time I am there I check the poplar and pine. tomsteve 1 Quote
Lucky2 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 Jim, I believe it's just a characteristic of certain poplar trees, it's not something that can be counted on occurring in each tree. That's what makes it so hard to find or scarce, it's not a product that can be regularly counted on getting in quantity. Len tomsteve 1 Quote
kywoodmaster Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 Jim The purple usually comes from Tulip Poplar. The closer you get to the KY. WV. area the more you will see. How much do you need and what sizes? Quote
lawson56 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 Well, it's been awhile since I bought Poplar,but the last few boards I bought did have purple in it.I was making a Toy Chest for a client. Quote
Iguanadon Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Scrolling Steve said: Don't think i have ever bought a piece of Poplar with purple in our area.....would like to see that. Same here Steve. Out of the 100 or so boards of poplar I've bought in our area, never seen purple. I see some interesting black striping now and again and I grab them for doing penguins. :-) Quote
jbrowning Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 6 hours ago, kywoodmaster said: Jim The purple usually comes from Tulip Poplar. The closer you get to the KY. WV. area the more you will see. How much do you need and what sizes? Hello, I'm looking for 3/4 inch thick, 10"-12" wide and then 6 foot long would be great. Quote
daveww1 Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 when I buy poplar I buy 100 bd. ft. at a time, a few boards may have purple streaks in them Quote
jbrowning Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Posted January 4, 2018 I want to say I saw the purple streaks this one time. AND it was at Lowes (of all places) not a woodworking store like WoodCraft. Quote
tomsteve Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 16 hours ago, Lucky2 said: Jim, I believe it's just a characteristic of certain poplar trees, it's not something that can be counted on occurring in each tree. That's what makes it so hard to find or scarce, it's not a product that can be regularly counted on getting in quantity. Len yup, its like curly/flame/quilted maple. theres millions of bd ft of maple cut every year, but a very small percentage is curly/flame/quilted. Jim McDonald 1 Quote
Frank Pellow Posted January 4, 2018 Report Posted January 4, 2018 I'm sure that I would have problems finding polar with purple if I looked for it, but I never looked for it. Quote
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