Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Well i've been looking at Thomas modernnaire tear drop and really llike the wood sides and painted black aluminum roof (check out his forum) .
I was going to do mine in AL but after seeing his im going with wood sides
Here is my question i have looked at the big box stoes for 10' plywood
and they can't get it for me .1 told me if i bought 48 pieces i could get it .
So i got to thinking about my town and i rember this one lumber yard that is still serviveing . called them up and bam they said they could get it in a week $ 86.00 each but its fir IS FIR GOING TO BE ALRIGHT TO USE
Thomas sounded like he had many choices and i think he went with maple

Is this fir going to stain well and look good and all that stuff


Madjack thomas help me out on this

Norm - can you say where you live?

I'm not doing a woody as Thomas did, but I found "oversize plywood" at a supplier that sells to cabinet shops. I think this is the same place Thomas bought his plywood. Although they are very large, they didn't mind selling a few sheets here and there to us teardroppers.

virginia

Norm, you at the "Beach" (Va. Beach that is)

Bob

warrenton , va
been to holiday trav l park 30 times or so

Fir is what most generic builder grade plywood is made from. It is a softwood and does not stain particularly well (in my opinion). For a woody, I'd hold out for a hardwood such as maple or oak.

Conversely, one with good woodworking skills or simply too much time on their hands could make a stripper. The fir ply could be used as a base, while the strips of thin veneer are applied over this. I don't know a lot about the method of doing this. JuneauDave would be a good resource.

Brad

I think both of these have some 10 X 5 sheets

http://www.boulterplywood.com/

http://plywood.boatbuildercentral.com/

Most 10 X 5 sheets are going to be scarfed together from smaller sheets, so depending on what you are doing, you can scarf your own. (There are fancy tools, but all you need is a hand plane, some weights and some epoxy and some wax paper)

Do a web search on scarfing plywood, there are a lot of sites.