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Hi, folks.
Since I started this thread, I thought I'd two more cents wortth.
First, it gladdens me that some "biggies" think "masonite" is okay to paint on. I realize other don't think so, and that's okay, too.
I got started using this kind of thing because I paint every day of the week, and I turn out a lot of stuff -- literally. Much of it is just that -- STUFF. I do lots of projects to try out this or that idea. Not always something I think will hang in a museum someday. So, I reason, why spend so much for canvas when I can find out it the "idea" is sound on a cheap surface.
My question about sizing concerns using the "rough" side of the panel. I've always felt that I should sand, or roughen the smooth side, which is the side on which I normally paint. I got to thinking that if I gessoed the back side, I'd have some built in texture. But, when I started putting on the gesso, the board drank like a thirsty sailor home on leave. Yikes. So, the thought occurred to me that perhaps I could cut off the board's thirst by sizing with rabbit sking glue before applying gesso.
However, I've been happy to learn all this other stuff, too.
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