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Source for mat board?
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yardcoyote
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Any of the big art supply dealers should have what you want. Start with Blick's and Jerry's Artarama.
www.dickblick.com
www.jerrysartarama.com
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You might also try Mat Board Center. The also sell through Amazon. I used them for my last order of 32x40 uncut mat boards.
tex
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Doug Haag
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Have not bought any recently, but I often bought it at Hobby Lobby.
jaberg
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**** Blick
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I also buy pre-cut mats, backer boards and plastic sleeve sets from vendors on Amazon. No particular favorite — I’m shopping “price” for that.
If I need it now, I have both Michael’s and Blick locally.
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I also buy pre-cut mats, backer boards and plastic sleeve sets from vendors on Amazon. No particular favorite — I’m shopping “price” for that.
If I need it now, I have both Michael’s and Blick locally.
Thank you, I'll check them out.
I looked at these shops and they seemed more expensive than bigger online retailers - but what do I know? Nothing.
Are their products worth their prices?
Will do, and thanks!
Someone complained abut their mats being hardly more than poster board, but I didn't look to see if they had several grades of mat. I'll look again (and more closely). I appreciate this.
The local Michael's closed, darn it, and thus I need an online retailer. The only "custom" framing shop in the area wants ridiculous amounts of cash for custom-cut mats (leaving me to think they only deal with off-the-shelf frames and mats) making it cheaper for me to cut my own.
Not looking for pre-cut mats because I'm framing some non-standard sized prints, but I'll check the folks you mentioned. Thanks for answering. I appreciate it.
Jim Cassatt
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If you live in the Washington DC Area, I recommend Framemasters. Also make sure you get acid free mat board and acid free backer. for the latter I use acid free foam core.
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I never buy mat board so I really have no idea. I rely on them mostly for good quality paper and sketchbooks. (My pens and inks come primarily from JetPens.) The brands they stock include better quality choices--and more choices-- than you get at somewhere like, say, Michaels. Sales and coupons are fairly common and I use them to keep the costs down.
davidedric
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Sadly, I'm on the other coast, in the Pacific Northwest, but I'll make sure everything is acid-free. Thank you.
Thanks, but the mat board I'm asking about is what one might use as an internal "frame" when mounting a picture in a frame. Nevertheless, I have a kid who loves to draw and sketch, so I have a use for this information - and I'll appreciate it a lot when her birthday rolls around.
davidedric
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Your English is American :-D
Bur seriously, if you were asking about the UK I could help. So it helps me to know you're in the US and there is not much point in reading the thread
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