Im trying to source some good quality birch ply sheets in 18mm

[sucker 4 tools]

its a good price but it wont be like b grade if its bb as it will have plugs on it both sides and will not be very smooth, everyone says bb is like b but its not, if you dont care about plugs or your painting it then its fine, but that is a good price who's it from ?

 

[Wuffles]

its a good price but it wont be like b grade if its bb as it will have plugs on it both sides and will not be very smooth, everyone says bb is like b but its not, if you dont care about plugs or your painting it then its fine, but that is a good price who's it from ?

Apart from the fact the [member=26162]Jimmy FineCut[/member]  said it'd probably be ok?

It's not plugged both sides, why would you think it would be? Why would you think it'd not be smooth both sides?

 

[Jimmy FineCut]

its a good price but it wont be like b grade if its bb as it will have plugs on it both sides and will not be very smooth, everyone says bb is like b but its not, if you dont care about plugs or your painting it then its fine, but that is a good price who's it from ?

The 18mm BB birch I buy normally has a around 6 plugs one side and very rarely it will have one or two plugs the other. Now the 24mm bb birch I buy only has around 3 plugs one side and never on the other.

From my experiance birch ply grades do vary from the factory and possibly standards have dropped over the years.

I don't know what you mean by it won't be very smooth? Birch ply will come sanded to around the 180 grit mark and with a quick sand with 320 grit will be glass smooth, so if your buying rough birch ply you have a very low grade ply.

[member=20162]Wuffles[/member] I am sure the missus will be happy with bb grade ply at £37 (the price I pay)

 

[sucker 4 tools]

im saying it will be fine for what your doing but yes all the grades and different suppliers are completely different quality's and untill you see them you just dont know, i think standards have dropped. I have ordered b/bb and ended up with bb/cp the supplier didnt even notice or know until i complained as b should not have any plugs for me plugs are a complete no no would rather see the knots etc, also the cp can potentially be a bit grainy, the grain is a bit rougher than the bb its still smooth but compared to the top stuff its not as smooth but its 1/ 3rd the price.
atb

 

[Jimmy FineCut]

A sheet of 24mm bb Russian birch ply I currently have in the workshop. No plugs, but one side does have a thinner top ply.

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[Wuffles]

International Plywood probably know what they're doing [member=53698]sucker 4 tools[/member], that's where it's coming from - probably same place [member=26162]Jimmy FineCut[/member] in a round about way.

 

[sucker 4 tools]

lovely wish my bb looked like that its got loads of plugs !!