Lining flat file drawers with foam core?

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Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:45 am

Has anyone ever done this before? I thought I had seen it talked about in a thread but can't find it now. What would be the best way to do it? Would you just lay a sheet at the bottom of the drawer and be done with it?
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:46 am

jimmybing wrote:Has anyone ever done this before? I thought I had seen it talked about in a thread but can't find it now. What would be the best way to do it? Would you just lay a sheet at the bottom of the drawer and be done with it?
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:51 am

I've also seen people say they use a mat board. That might be a good option if you want minimize the drawer capacity you give up. Mat board is a lot thinner than foam core.
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:51 am

I lined mine with glassine tends to be cheaper and takes up less space
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:56 am

Pineapple007 wrote:I lined mine with glassine tends to be cheaper and takes up less space
I did this too - does anyone think that foamcore would be better? My rationale was simply "the flatter the better"...If there's something in the bottom of the drawer, that means there's a crack all the way around that a print could possibly (not likely, but possibly) slip into and get bent/dinged...
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:16 am

My flat file drawers are all lined with calcium buffered jumbo mat board, cut to size.
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:41 pm

^^ This is what I had seen. How did you do this? Where'd you get the board?
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:52 pm

Black is never acid-free is what I usually hear in art stores. It looks cool too, and it's not like you need it to be acid free since you have your prints in sleeves.

Awesome looking setup overall.
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Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:28 pm

I have a sheet of foam core in the drawers which hold large prints. The bottom of each drawer has a slight "v" intendation, so smaller prints can be stacked on either side of that groove, but I was concerned about larger prints. A sheet of foam core does the trick cleanly and cheaply.
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:12 am

jimmybing wrote:^^ This is what I had seen. How did you do this? Where'd you get the board?
Measure the inside of your drawers. Then you can go to places like Hobby Lobby and have them cut the board for you.

Depending on the size of the file drawers, you may have to go to Jerry's for the board, then get it cut to size. Jerry's may cut it for you too, in their framing department.

Don't try to cut the board yourself, unless you have a mat cutter. Cutting foam core is... tedious.
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:24 am

do you also place the mat/foam board on the sides of the drawer, or just the bottom?
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:28 am

aivc wrote:Black is never acid-free is what I usually hear in art stores.
That is not true.

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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:34 am

dmb8506 wrote:do you also place the mat/foam board on the sides of the drawer, or just the bottom?
Just the bottom.
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:39 am

iambillyg wrote:
dmb8506 wrote:do you also place the mat/foam board on the sides of the drawer, or just the bottom?
Just the bottom.
Thanks.

So what's the consensus on the best option, whether foam board, matboard or glassine? Or is it just personal preference of size vs cost?
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Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:44 am

Another cheaper option is using extremely thick stock, acid free watercolor paper. I have a larger size FF so they work great for me and they're only about $4 a sheet.
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