Sources?

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Posted by Timothy F. Hale on June 25, 2011 at 12:10 AM

I am looking for good quality, reasonable sources for matboard and foamcore. Anyone have preferences?
Tim

Posted by Jim Sabiston on June 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM

I buy bulk from www.atlex.com.

Good pricing, excellent quality and service. Limited color selection, which is just fine by me.

Posted by Jim Bullard on June 25, 2011 at 12:35 PM

CheapJoe's http://www.cheapjoes.com/cat/4562/ is an art supplier that I've done some business with. They're fast and the prices are good. I got a Logan mat cutter from them at a great price. They carry several kinds of matboard and foamcore.

I haven't tried them but BD Matboard http://www.bdmatboard.com/ has a suede surfaced matboard I'm thinking of trying.

ULINE http://www.uline.com/Grp_398/Foam-Board, which sells packaging materials, also has both foamcore and Gatorboard.

Posted by Chris O'Donoghue on June 25, 2011 at 1:13 PM

I've used MatShop.ca, or MatShop.com if you're in the USA. They offer a reasonable variety of mats, backings, frames and related materials. Their presentation packs in particular are a very good deal - 25 mats with everything you need to make an image ready to frame, including poly bags. My experiences have been good.

Posted by Carl Battreall on June 26, 2011 at 3:15 AM

Avoid Light Impressions, they were bought out a few years ago and have since gone into the gutter.

Posted by Jim Sabiston on June 27, 2011 at 4:50 AM

A correction: Atlex is my ink and paper source. I meant to post www.clearbags.com

Sorry if that caused any confusion.