1.5 Boards

Question 1

What are the 5 boards we must know

Answer 1

Mounting board
Corrugated board
Foam board
Folding box board
Foil-lined board

Question 2

What are the properties of mounting board

Answer 2

made from compressed fine cotton fibres to produce a rigid board

Question 3

What are the properties of corrugated board

Answer 3

usually with carton board outer layer and corrugated middle layer.
impact protection

Question 4

What are the properties of foam board

Answer 4

two outer layers of card with a foam middle core

Question 5

What are the properties of folding box board

Answer 5

layers of pulp with top layer bleached/pigmented
good thickeness for printing
can be creased, embossed.
lightweight, high stiffness

Question 6

What are the properties of foil lined board

Answer 6

Board wwith foil to either or one side to provide water resistant/ heat insulating layer

Foil can be removed before recycling paper pulp

Question 7

What can mounting board be used for

Answer 7

presenting artwork
picture mounting
modelling

Question 8

What can corrugated board be used for

Answer 8

protective packaging, model making, prototyping ideas, food packaging

Question 9

What can foam board be used for

Answer 9

mood board backing, presentation boards/modelling

Question 10

What can folding box board be used for

Answer 10

packaging products, supermarket food packaging, pharmaceutical packaging

Question 11

What can foil lined board be used for

Answer 11

drinks packaging, milk cartons, take away box lids