Q. With the price of FAS 1-Face just a bit above No.1 Common, our supplier is encouraging us to try FAS 1-Face instead of No.1 Common. We did a test run and found that our yields did not change much at all. So, we are not going to change grade. Does this make sense to you?

Q. We have some moldy furniture and cabinets. How can we treat and clean the wood to kill the mold? Is bleach okay?

Q. We have some cabinets made from pine and I wonder what is the chance of grain raising. We work in an with an average EMC of 7 to 9 percent. The cabinets are then finished with water base coating. My question is what will this do to the grain (creating raised grain). I know dimensions change but what is the probability of the grain raising?

S&P reaffirmed cabinet firm Norcraft's corporate 'B' rating, although its outlook was downgraded from stable to negative

Hardwood lumber shipments to China could surpass 2011’s record levels, creating a potential for limited availability and increased prices.

No injuries have been reported from yesterday's fire at Southern Finishing Co.'s Church Street plant in Martinsville, VA.

Festool has given its innovative Domino joining system a major upgrade, creating a bigger, stronger joiner that will handle an almost unlimited array of large projects with the same precision and accuracy of the original model.

To help expand its brand presence at national retail and hospitality chains, MaxLite appointed John Fredian to Vice President of Sales, National Accounts.

Ultracraft Cabinetry will add production capacity for its Destiny line of cabinets this June.

Indiana Furniture broke ground yesterday on a 30,000-square-foot addition to its office furniture manufacturing facility in Jasper, IN. The company said it is investing more than $6 million in the expansion, which is slated to be operational by September.