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<blockquote data-quote="sev" data-source="post: 5181661" data-attributes="member: 77780">I think the stuff I'm using is this:<a href="http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_products.cfm?classID=1614&amp;subclassID=161411&amp;brandname=Bainbridge" target="_blank">Mat Boards by Bainbridge - Paper &amp; Boards - Art &amp; Illustration Boards at Utrecht</a>...at least, I got it at Utrecht.the most similar product at Dick Blick is this one:<a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/crescent-ragmat-matboard/" target="_blank">Crescent RagMat Matboard - BLICK art materials</a>but the reason that's what I'm using is that's what I have on-hand.&nbsp; I think the main difference between the expensive matboard and the link you posted is 1) the cut-edge is a different color than the surface and 2) it's non-archival.&nbsp; Probably doesn't make a big difference -- you can always go over the edges with a sharpie if you really don't like the beige.&nbsp; And you probably aren't aiming to make it last for 30 years, so the archival quality isn't a big deal.If you can get to an art store and actually put your hands on it, I recommend that.&nbsp; You can get a sense for how stiff it is -- you might find you prefer the more-flexible posterboard other people have recommended. (I don't store my tiles flat, so I like the extra stiffness of the mat board.)EDIT: Actually, now that I look at those links more closely it looks like both kinds of board from Dick Blick are white on the inside, so that's even less of a consideration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sev, post: 5181661, member: 77780"] I think the stuff I'm using is this: [URL="http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_products.cfm?classID=1614&subclassID=161411&brandname=Bainbridge"]Mat Boards by Bainbridge - Paper & Boards - Art & Illustration Boards at Utrecht[/URL] ...at least, I got it at Utrecht. the most similar product at Dick Blick is this one: [URL="http://www.dickblick.com/products/crescent-ragmat-matboard/"]Crescent RagMat Matboard - BLICK art materials[/URL] but the reason that's what I'm using is that's what I have on-hand. I think the main difference between the expensive matboard and the link you posted is 1) the cut-edge is a different color than the surface and 2) it's non-archival. Probably doesn't make a big difference -- you can always go over the edges with a sharpie if you really don't like the beige. And you probably aren't aiming to make it last for 30 years, so the archival quality isn't a big deal. If you can get to an art store and actually put your hands on it, I recommend that. You can get a sense for how stiff it is -- you might find you prefer the more-flexible posterboard other people have recommended. (I don't store my tiles flat, so I like the extra stiffness of the mat board.) EDIT: Actually, now that I look at those links more closely it looks like both kinds of board from Dick Blick are white on the inside, so that's even less of a consideration. [/QUOTE]

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