"I think they might be on to us (Pink board retail?!?)" Topic

Found a stack of 1" Pink insulation board at the local Home Depot. It was cut in 2-foot squares and labeled "Small Project Board".

Saw this too. I picked one up as normally my home depot doesn't carry it.

They cut down ones that have damaged ends. The two HDs near me usually have a small supply of these as well as "handy sized" gypsum boards for the same reason.

Did not know that… Thanks, Gents! Cheers!

Saw those a while ago. Bought ten and placed to the side for future projects. :)

This wasn't done by the local Home Depot, though, EP. A printed retail display holder, in a store and state that almost never carries pink or blue at all.

Yep been buying them from time to time. eventually plan to use them to do an entire gaming area that has interchangeable layouts. I need to sit down with some graph paper first to figure out how to make this work however. Any ideas?

Kids use cardboard versions for class projects all the time. Looks like someone at Dow figured out another sales segment for their products.

If you want to make them interchangeable, you'll need to ensure 90 degree angles, and crisp corners, to do that.

Plus, make sure your cuts are vertical too.

Making all the roads/rivers enter/exit at the same point is recommended, but if you do some 2' x 1' sections, or 2' x 2', you can err from that a bit, if you want them to be the same, so you can mix and match them, as desired.

I had big plans to do some larger terrain boards once, but then decided to just use fabric terrain, with hills underneath, or on top, for maximum flexibility, and portability.

If I had a large gaming table in the garage, or a gaming room, that'd still be a nice option, but doubt that will occur anytime soon.

Picked up some of these today. The hardest part was picking through the display to find ones that had no surface damage. Is it better to prime them before painting?

It depends on the type of paint used: solvent-based paints will dissolve the material. Acrylic, water-based paints, can be used for priming, then solvent-based paints may be applied, so long as all of the material's surface is sealed.

Yes, priming is best, otherwise many coats may be required to cover properly.

If speed and cost are an issue, try using latex house paints sprayed on with a power painter. Harbor Freight, in the USA, has a unit for around $20 USD, which will spray latex house paint, without thinning: link. It is similar to a Wagner Power Painter. The key thing to realize using one of these Power Painters, is that the piston which pumps the paint, gets hot, which will dry the paint out, as it is pumping, clogging the system -- don't spray too long, allow the piston to cool, so it doesn't clog up! Cheers!