[MF3D.FORUM:935] Re: Opaque Paper/Metal Mounts

["Matthew V. Ellsworth" <oakridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Hubin wrote:

> > BTW, did you ever look at a single black RBT mount half in a
> > red button?  Lots of light comes through.  Not as much as the
> > white half, of course, but it's amazing how much light comes
> > through the black plastic.
>
> I have been thinking about this a bit. Metal mounts are very opaque but
> not cheap. Paper mounts are cheap but not very opaque. How about using
> thin metal, like aluminum foil, sandwiched between common black and
> white cardboard halves. The foil would be thin enough to have little
> effect on the overall appearance or thickness of a mount while making it
> very opaque.

Foil covered card stock is often used on even cheap items -- possibly that
would be a good starting point.
It would require no additional steps for those doing the die-cutting of the
mounts.
Matt

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