Features:

  • Lightweight foam display board
  • Smooth surfaces for markers, paints, and adhesives
  • Polystyrene core expands back into shape after cutting
  • Provides uniform thickness from edge to edge
  • Designed to resist crushing and denting
Same size as 20x30 poster print from walmart

I used 6 of these along with six 20x30 poster prints to make a really cool 5'x5' picture to absorb some negative space on a huge wall, all for under $100 (including the 3M mounting spray). Looks awesome. Ultimately I plan to put wood trim between all 6 pieces to make it look like a sort of window frame. When using mounting spray, remember to line up the long edges first, have someone help you to hold the corners taught, press down from the middle to the edges as much as possible, and use a large soft rage as you press it down from the middle to the edges. That will help you avoid making bubbles. I recommend using a spray that has medium tack and put it down softly as possible the first time so you can pull back and reposition if necessary.

In my humble, professional opinion...

I've been a graphic designer for 23 years ... I've used all kinds of foam core boards to mount presentations, projects, etc ... these are great! I was concerned that they're only 3/8" thick, but I mounted a huge map and the boards help up really well. VERY pleased. They arrived in the same box and it was nestled inside a larger box surrounded by kraft paper. Very well protected. NONE of the boards were damaged. I will be purchasing these again.

Great Project Material!

Love this foam board! I've used it to create several structures for use in my kitchen and other rooms. I use straight pins to hold pieces together while the Elmer's glue dries and can build most anything with this board. I've built light traps for windows, window plugs (in combination with thicker foam padding and cloth,) small shelving for inside cabinets and have other projects in the pipe. Very good material to work with: Cuts well with a razor blade and/or X-Acto knife; is structurally strong by design (three layer construction of clay paper/foam/clay paper) and even stronger if you build in supports for your projects; takes glue well in that it doesn't get soggy at the paper level when glue is applied; easy to push straight pins through. Fun and satisfying to work with, I'm looking forward to designing and building many more projects with this material.

Good value

Perfect for mounting educational posters and the best price around. Use good glue. The elmers glue dis not last. Gorilla, 3m, or loctite spray adhesive is mor permanent

Elmer's Colored Foam Boards, 20 x 30 x 3/16 Black/Black Core, 10-Count

I needed the 20” x 30” x 3/16” thick foam board panels for mounting my canvas prints. In fact, it was my first “foam board mount” of a large photograph, (45” x 30”), image. **(The project was to separate the image asymmetrically into 4 segments, print each segment on canvas, glue each canvas segment to a fitted panel of the same size, and then hang all 4 segments on a wall as one entire, single picture. For those interested, a description of exactly what I did follows the review of the panels below.) The condition of the foam boards when they arrived was better than I had expected. After all, these are foam core panels and even though the box of 10 panels was inside another box for shipping, the possibility of a “wrinkled” corner on a few of them should be expected. The surfaces of each panel were in very good condition and I didn’t notice any dents in any of the surfaces, which would’ve been the most important part of the panel in my case. The surface of each panel seems to be a decent quality of polyurethane and reasonably resilient. I noticed that my roller knife did not work as well when cutting these panels as a common, single edged razor blade. Overall, I found that the Elmer 20” x 30”, (3/16” thick), foam boards were very well suited for my project and actually, gave a very different, yet very nice appearance to the photograph then a gallery wrapped version would have. I really didn’t expect that. A box of 10 of these Elmer’s foam boards in black with a black core are sold online at prices “all over the map”. I recommend that you search for the best price because some places are charging almost double what I had paid, (about $33). Rich **As mentioned earlier, the following is a description of what and how I use the panels I reviewed above. I have several Epson stylus photo printers of which my largest, (24 inch format), is the one I used for this project. The foam core panels were for mounting the segments of the 45” x 30” print, which I divided into 4 pieces asymmetrically via Photoshop. I’ve done this kind of work with gallery wraps quite often but I’ve never used foam core panels and wanted to try it. After separating the completed image into 4 separate images via Photoshop, I printed them on Hahnemuhle Monet matte canvas. I carefully glued each image to its mating panel after I first sprayed several coats of Krylon matte finish protectant on each segment. I used this adhesive by 3M; 3M General Purpose 45 Spray Adhesive, 10-1/4-Ounce, which worked very well for my purposes. Because matte finished canvases tend to easily scratch and peel up when rolling on a varnish like the one I used, I found that it’s always best to spray a few coats of the Krylon protectant on them first. After about an hour from the last coat you sprayed on, you can go right to rolling on the varnish protectant with considerably less risk of peeling up the image onto the roller in the process. After gluing each print to its assigned panel, I rolled on a protective satin varnish, (Liquitex Professional Satin Varnish, 32-oz). **I should point out right here that in my future projects using these panels, I will be sure to apply the satin varnish protectant, (several coats), after I’ve sprayed on the Krylon matte protectant but certainly, BEFORE I glue the segments to their panels! Because I had first glued the images to the panels and then rolled on the varnish, the panels warped a little bit. It wasn’t disastrous in this project because I had planned to hot glue Plexiglas plates to the back of each panel segment. (So that’s a little bit of hindsight I thought I’d pass on to anyone who’s interested even though I’m probably the only one who would have done it wrong in the first place, lol). The Elmer’s foam board were easy to work with as far as cutting them to the proper sizes. As I mentioned in the review, I found it was easier to cut them with a single edged razor blade as opposed to a roller knife, which I typically use to trim my images. After all the panels were varnished and dry, I hot glued a 3/32 thick sheet of Plexiglas to the back of each panel. The Plexiglas was cut to approximately 1 inch per side smaller than the dimension of each panel. The Plexiglas panels gave a little “weight” to each segment making them less susceptible to a breeze or vibration when they were displayed on the wall. The Plexiglas also made a better anchor point for the 1” x 1” x 2” wooden blocks which I hot glued to the Plexiglas itself. Each segment had 4 of these blocks glued to the Plexiglas and on each block I glued on a little rubber foot which would help keep the segments from shifting or sliding around. Of course, I attached an eyelet and picture wire to each segment so that I can hang them in their respective place in the display. The project took far longer than it would have if I had done the entire technique with gallery wraps. That said however, the image display was very different from a version done with gallery wrapped segments. Little things like placing a large towel on the table and then placing the panel on the towel to spray on the adhesive are suggestions that I think one would find helpful. While spraying on the adhesive it will unavoidably extend beyond the edges of the panel and the towel was the best surface I found for handling the excess as opposed to a sheet of paper or the tabletop itself. Another tip that may be useful is how I actually applied the image to the panel after I sprayed on the glue. I used a clean 6 inch long foam roller and handle to apply pressure to the print after I unrolled it on to the section I had just sprayed with glue. I had placed a sheet of acid-free photo tissue on top of the image after I carefully aligned the edges of the image to the cut panel. Then, I carefully rolled back the section of the canvas I planned to glue down, sprayed the adhesive on the panel, and then unrolled the canvas back down in place on top of the glued surface. As I did, I use the foam roller to apply pressure from the center of the picture section out toward the edges. I repeated that for the opposite end as well. The Plexiglas backing is just something I wanted to do but certainly not necessary. In fact, many video tutorials show the application of a 1” x 1” x 6 or 8 inch wooden block glued to the back of the foam panel itself. The wooden blocks makes the image stand off from the wall and gives the entire display more “presence” and depth as opposed to mounting them flat up against the wall itself. Rich

wonderful

amazing. dont know if i got lucky or what, but my boards arrived in mint condition along with an Elmers hefty shipping box shell. very pleased. I purchased these boards years ago and it seems as if the quality in the shipping has increased. Great value, highly recommend.

Sunblock

They arrived undamaged and suits my purpose to block sunlight interfering with computer monitor. Works great and am very satisfied

Great for presentations, good price!

Had a presentation where I had to mount my InDesign pages. These boards worked perfectly (even though one of their corners had been bent durign transportation) but still did the job and would definitely buy from seller again for future presentations. great price for a set of 10 since these boards can get very expensive when buying them individually.

Wonderful fix

I used this on the clear front and side of my desk so people couldn't see what was it on. In addition, it helped cut down on the glare on my desk. Inexpensive fix for a long time problem.

Easy to use and good value

I bought to make a black wall to stick notes. I, these were perfect.

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