Fish Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 We had floors redone and have this left over. Pretty good grade. would it look ok using for portraits or is there to many lines? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted July 11 Report Share Posted July 11 Well, only one way to find out. Besides, it's really up to you if it works or not. I'd say give it a try and see what you get. That's half the fun of this hobby! Chris JJB, Scrappile, OCtoolguy and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelCass Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 Here is a snowman I made out of left over flooring. I love how it turned out. Just decide if you want the line vertical or horizontal. Fish, OCtoolguy and JackJones 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 This was made from laminate flooring. JackJones, munzieb, ChelCass and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 If I'm looking at the picture correctly, you aren't talking about using laminate flooring, rather the material referenced in the picture is the plywood underlayment. Is that correct? If so, I would say that it might be OK for portraits, but I don't know exactly what that underlayment is. If it is the common Luan plywood, then I would advice against using it for anything with much detail in it. Luan is OK for backer board material, but I've never liked scrolling it. It splinters & chips too much and isn't as strong & stable as Baltic birch plywood. Fish, OCtoolguy and JTTHECLOCKMAN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted July 12 Author Report Share Posted July 12 Thanks everyone. It is underlayment but it’s a better grade than regular old luan. I’ll give it a try. OCtoolguy and ChelCass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted July 12 Report Share Posted July 12 I too looked at the photo and see it is a Sureply wood product. They make both underlayment as well as flooring so hard to say what you have. But if it is the underlayment that is a poplar wood top layer. Yes it is very flat and void free. There are other brands that are just as good but what are the inner cores made from and as Bill said many times that plywood does splinter when cut. They always recommend to score with a razor knife first before cutting to prevent this when they lay this on the floor. Now if it is a flooring which I do not think it is because of the width then that could be different. Also looking at the wood closely you see small holes in it thus tells me it is a undelayment plywood. You could try it and see what you think is the only way for sure to find out. Good luck. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted July 14 Author Report Share Posted July 14 Thanks I’ll give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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