Jigsaw Puzzle Boards and Mats So as mentioned previously, I use foam boards for the majority of puzzling. However, puzzles are not all standard in size. But a good portion of puzzles are, approximately 20” by 30”, which is basically the same size as foam poster boards. That surely makes them convenient and the boards are very lightweight. Now if you need a board that is bigger than one board, you can easily cut and adjust to a bigger size foam board. Cut the foam boards to the size you would like or require and simply use a solid wide packing tape on the front and back.So if you discover that your puzzle is 40” x 50”, you would need at least two foam boards to custom cut that size. Depending on how many cuts it takes you to customize your puzzle board size, you would lay it out flat and use the wide clear (or something similar to clear) packing tape to tape the front and back seams of the pieces you are joining together. Once that is assembled together you can use door insulation foam tape around the outer edge of your customized cut board to prevent pieces from sliding off. Be gentle moving your new custom board so it does not bend. Some creativity may be required to locate a jigsaw puzzle board that would be user-friendly. Here are some ideas that can be used for jigsaw puzzle boards. Large foil baking trays have edges Picture frames with or without the glass but has the backboard still available School Bulletin boards made of cork usually have an outer edge School Whiteboards usually have an outer edge around it Plexiglass (hard plastic) with foam insulation around the outer edge Large appliance boxes with door foam insulation on the edge Cloth mats To board or not to board…or just use a cloth mat? What works better? To answer that I just have to look at what I have been doing constantly for the past 10 years to determine what works for me. I use foam boards. I tried the cloth mats and I reviewed them too. Cloth mats have some positive and negative points. PROS: very light to move pieces stick quite well to the cloth uses a roll up feature for storage CONS: no edges around the matt the assembling area is limited pieces do not slide pieces stick too well sometimes mat may be wrinkled-the puzzle does not sit flat
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