Soft Maple

Can be stained to look like other wood species. A cheaper substitute for Hard Maple! Soft maple is used for a variety of applications such as wood doors, furniture, kitchen cabinets, wall panels and wood moldings. It is about 25 percent less hard than hard maple and is greyish white in color with darker colored flecks. Soft maple is often stained to resemble more expensive woods such as cherry. With the cost of soft maple being approxiately 70 percent of hard maple do not pass on this option for hardwood moldings.