Is there any other name for luan that would be more commonly used in Canada? When I asked at Home Depot (I know, I know, very few options unfortunately) they looked at me like I was wearing a space suit asking for a used space shuttle.
Thanks in advance.
Maybe they are calling it sheet mahogony plywood for underlayment, that’s what it actually is.
Don’t worry so much as to the top layer of wood unless you are going to finish it as a stained wood panel. Any 1/4 inch plywood, or any thickness, as underlayment will work. If you are after a painted finished look, you need to spend the money and get birch.
HD prolly won’t have Luan at any time because the mahogany is enviromentally sensitive from some points of view. 1/4" underlayment is pretty good stuff. it should have at least on finished side and definitly no knots and doesn’t neccessarily have to be luan. Underlayment has to be solid or the voids will show up in your linoleum floors and wear out prematurely. Try a regular lumber yard instead if one is available.
That’s odd that it’s not available in Canadian Home Depots. I’ve bought dozens of sheets of the stuff here in Illinois HDs.
No not odd in Canada at all. We have the same materials here but they are called different names.
Plus the 16 year old you talk to here has no idea what 1/5in ply is let alone anything else.
Gettin’ old I guess!!!
Tom
[#ditto] in Colorado. In our store it is in the same row with the sheets of panelling, particle board, and peg board.
It is also known as “die-cut plywood”. Try asking for that.
Some people call it Honduras mahogany. The facing is made from a species of mahogany similar to but not the same as “real” endangered mahogany.