Frosted Mylar -- marvelous!

[Rob Sullivan]

From one lazy man to another, I thank you, sir!

I'm signing off and heading to the store for some right now.

[Allan Rahbek]

I believe that this plastic material can be mounted on thin plywood with a special glue that is manufactured for mounting cork tiles, linoleum and other synthetic carpets.
The glue is water based but dries well even under plastic.
Allan

[Linda Nelson]

Wow,
I HAVE frosted mylar in my my studio and I've never thought about using it as a substrate for oils. I am SO on this tomorrow morning!

thank so much Bill for making the suggestion.

And your work is stunning... as always. the example you show here is sumptuous.

Linda

[Sharon Knettell]

I did a quick search on the sizes, weights of frosted Mylar and came up with this site.,www.posterprintersupply.com. It apparently available in a wide variety of sizes as well as in rolls. There are other sites out there but this will give you a quick idea of prices and sizes.
I don't know whether frosted and matte are the same, but this site refers to matte as used for drawing so I suspect it may be.

Thanks Bill for posting this along with your lovely example.

[William Whitaker]

Thanks so much for posting that Mylar supply site Sharon.

"Frosted" and "matte" are indeed the same.

Double matte refers to sheets that are matte on both sides.
Single matte is a sheet that is shiny and slick on one side, matte on the other.

Both work just fine. I've used them both.

Looks like double matte costs less. I'd go for that. It has been my favorite in the past.

Bill

[Kimberly Dow]

I really wanted to give this a try, but that link Sharon posted is for large amounts - minimum of $90. I found a smaller pad of it to give it a try at Dick Blick and a few craft sites (they use this for stencils I believe) in case anyone is interested.

[Evan Shipard]

It's been a while since this thread had any action.

I have been experimenting with a variety of boards and linens, mounting my linen on well lacquered single ply and masonite. Lately i have been painting on linen taped to board and getting it acid free mounted at a later stage.

Mylar has been something ive been interested in since seeing Alex Kanevsky's work. Bill, have you every primed the mylar? I like having some sort of tooth or texture to work on.