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Paulownia (KIRI) is available in the US at worldpaulownia.com,and some on Ebay.
The density of the wood I received was .27g/cm^3,which is similar to very light ayous.
Some western red cedar salmon cooking blanks I found had a density of .33.
Ayous can have quite a bit of variation in density,and I have not found a US based source in small quantities.
I used to buy .8 mm obeche veneer for roughly 1 USD per square meter around 1990 in Germany.
Small quantities of Sitka Spruce are available at Aircraft Spruce.
When glueing with epoxy you can use cabosil powder to minimize bleed thru.Basically cabosil is used as a thickening agent,
it's what makes ketchup and toothpaste stay put.
I find two layers of varnish on the outside of the outer ply works well. I then sand it back when glued. I might try cabosil though, good call.