Does anyone know of a source for single 8x4ft sheets of white foam board? All the suppliers I've found will only sell boxes of a dozen or thirteen. Presumably this is to avoid (or minimise) any possible damage in delivery and I can see that would be a risk with a single board: but if there is a supplier I'd appreciate any details.
Many thanks.
Bert
Ask a local signmaker nicely?
Owain
I don't know of a truly local signmaker, but I'll investigate. Thanks for the thought.
Bert
On Wednesday 30 January 2013 15:24 Bert Coules wrote in uk.d-i-y:
What foam? Expanded polystyrene, often traded as "jablite"?
The stuff I'm thinking of - I have a sample in front of me - has a solid lightweight core sandwiched between two sheets of what feels like very thin plastic. I've always known this as "foamcore". I thought that Jablite was just expanded polystyrene in slab form.
Bert
Try googling for exhibition contractors or Yelling for "Foamex" board.
DerekG
On Wednesday 30 January 2013 17:34 Bert Coules wrote in uk.d-i-y:
Ah - with you now. Signwriters, as others have said. Go round one offering cash.
Astonishingly, I've just discovered a signwriting company not five minutes walk from where I live. And they can supply from stock a single sheet of exactly the right material.
They can also get a cut-to-size aluminium channel frame, which is something I'd considered both for neatness and for protecting the edges of the foamboard, but it's pricey: £120 plus delivery (plus VAT) and another hundred for respraying if I want it in matt black (which I do). So I'm looking elsewhere for suitable channel, perhaps in plastic, to fit over the edges of the 5mm board.
Many thanks to all who replied.
Bert
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