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I’m thinking, again, of buying a sheet of hardboard and getting it cut to a variety of sizes. For now, small sizes are best for me, I currently use 8 x 10 and 10 x 12 canvas boards from Jackson’s. I’d like to keep in and around that to include a few ‘letterbox’ sizes. Can anyone suggest a group of sizes, perhaps someone who does this regularly? Is 3mm good enough for those sizes? Thank you in advance
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I buy mine cut to size Larry, I generally use just two sizes so not a problem. It should be easy enough to work out what sizes you can cut from a sheet though.
Some artists on here use 6mm boards, I prefer 3mm MDF, I've not tried hardboard. 3mm is absolutely fine, I work on 20x24in and have no issues at all. 6mm is a bit heavy for framing in my view.
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For a few years I used to make painting boards from MDF board sold at Homebase. It took too much time - sawing the wood to the right size (my local Homebase no longer cuts wood for customers), sanding the panels, then applying two coats of acrylic gesso mixed with texture gel.
I then noticed that Jackson's Art sold good quality Belle Arti Italian painting boards with a canvas surface
https://www.jacksonsart.com/belle-arti-canvas-pads
The two sizes I buy are 24cms x 30cms and 30cms x 40cms. The small size I use when painting with a small box, which only allows one size of panel.
I recently considering making my own panels again. I found that MDF board had increased in price and it's no longer worth the effort
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I must be the only one who uses mountboard (mostly about 2 feet square but sometimes larger) - I use it flat for my acrylic abstracts and never have problems with buckling even though I do use it quite wet at times. Also I never use gesso.- I did in the past but painting the way that I do I can find no advantages.