Customer Reviews for Builders Choice 1 in. x 6 in. x 8 ft. S4S Poplar Board

Used to make a wood mantle over the fire place. Recommend researching how to stain if not familiar with how to work with this type of wood. The grain is beautiful. Almost didnt want to stain it so dark but that would have messed up the contrast in our design.

Used to make a TV mount/stand on a dresser/chest and came out nice,

Shipped fine. The wood is attractive. The board itself was bent (just a little bit) on one end, making ripping it difficult. However, I'm not deducting a point because I ripped it and chopped those in much smaller pieces anyway. I could toss the parts that weren't square.

This product was shipped from a sawyer in Utah. It arrived damaged but that was the least of the problems. 40% of the boards were unusable for my project (kitchen cabinet door frames). They were warped, bent, gouged and twisted. The lesson here is to not order this kind of thing online. Go to the store and pick out your boards. I used what I could. The rest will spend time in that famous scrap wood pile until I find a lesser use for them. Home Depot needs to monitor their vendors a bit more closely.

Very pleased with the purchase.

I ordered the 2 contractor packs of these and several of the boards were a full .060 over on the thickness. I understand the width and length are going to be somewhat variable, but I would have expected the thickness to be consistent to a much closer spec than this.

I ordered the 2 contractor packs of these and several of the boards were a full .060 over on the thickness. I understand the width and length are going to be somewhat variable, but I would have expected the thickness to be consistent to a much closer spec than this.

Nicely finished on all sides and uniform color throughout. Also took a black stain very well.

Board was good but had some metal strap damage

2 of the boards were substantially warped and the other 2 were less than 3/4" thick. None of them were suitable to use to make cabinet door with. Quality Control is lacking.

I ordered two of these boards to go under a new fireplace mantle. Luckily, I could redesign my project to only need one board, as one of the two boards was so twisted that it was unusable. In a 46" run, the board was 1/4" off the wall at one end if the other end was flush with the wall. It was also missing a large chunk out of one edge, but I could have worked around that if it was not so twisted. I threw it away and made do with cuts from the other board. They do stain beautifully though.

I pickup this up last week. The spec says "surfaced on 4 sides", but the reality is that it's surfaced on only 3 sides. The 4th side (1 inch X 8 ft) is just a saw cut. Also, the picture shows a completely light poplar, but the reality is that a little of the wood is much darker. Pickup at the store was simple and fast.

IT WAS NICE CLEAN WOOD AND HANDLED PERFECTLY.

Shipped 2”. Which I returned

The price for this is way too high

I looked in the store but everything was warped and would never work for cabinet doors. I took a chance online knowing it would come from the mill direct. I ordered two of the four packs of the six-foot length, and exactly half of the boards were warped so badly, they had to be scrapped. This is just poor customer care as they are charging MUCH more than they should be now. Just FYI, I opened them immediately as I have projects pending the material arrival and this was the condition as received.

The board came warped and with a large 12" knot in the middle of the 8 foot board making the board unusable for my project. I can understand that not all boards are perfect, but whomever selected the board should have been better trained to spot this obvious defect. It should have never been shipped. Now I have to return and replace the board.

The boards were twisted and bowed. They worked for my project as I cut down to 2 foot lengths. They would be unacceptable for projects requiring longer lengths than about 3 feet.

Boards were warped and bowed. They were not useable if you needed full length. Fortunately I needed short boards about two feet long so they were adequate once cut for my project.

cracks , rough edges unsquare end cuts