Ran into my old mentor at the lumber yard yesterday

He saw me loading up some pre-finished plywood and asked why I bother with that stuff. Said he's still doing everything with solid cherry and MDF panel doors, and he's been at it for 30 years out of his shop in Akron. Got me thinking maybe I've been taking shortcuts with pre-finish instead of learning better spray technique. Anyone else feel like the old ways still beat the new stuff sometimes?

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ryanf669d ago

Is it possible the plywood itself has gotten better since he started? I mean, I've noticed a big jump in quality with the prefinished stuff over the last five years or so. Used to be you'd get a ton of telegraphing from the substrate, but the new stuff sands down way flatter before they seal it. Maybe the real shortcut is assuming the old method is still the best just because it's old, idk.

blairstone8d ago

Yeah, you might be onto something there. It's weird how we just assume the old way is the right way without questioning it.

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