"Experimenting with cork sheet. " Topic

My gaming table is very utilitarian. It is a ping pong table covered with automotive carpeting. I also use it to build and paint on, and sometimes laundry.
So terrain has to be flexible and put-away-able.
Lots of foam hills, Lemax ground mats cut up for forest boundaries, etc.

So I was shopping at Hobby Lonby and saw a roll of 12"x24" cork mat.
I bought it thinking "what the heck", thinking it would always have the curl from being rolled up. Surprise! As soon as I unrolled it it lay flat.

So I measured the width of a Flames of War artillery base and found it was just under 2" wide.
I cut 12 2"x12" road sections and spray painted them flat black.
It also occurs to me that if I flip them over, they are the original cork brown.

Let's see how long they last. But at least I now have some asphalt roads for the next game. Apologies to anyone who is already using them and thinking "Duh!"

Cork's great stuff. Painting it/soaking it with PVA increases its durability.

John T

It occurs to me how Prussian that sounds. Adjusting road width for military necessity.

John,

Excellent suggestion. I've considered using roofing shingles but am leery of the "tar" leaching onto my table covering. With the coupon one can print from HL's web site, I may have to look into that as a solution to asphalted roads.

Thanks,

Jim

How thick is the mat? I assume that if it can be rolled & is thin enough for roads, it' probably about 1/16"?

This is probably it: link Thickness is 3/32" (2.4mm), so your guess was very close.

Jim

Yeah. that looks like it.

I've been using it for roads. Perhaps I'll paint some with diluted PVA as suggested above.

Pics or it didn't happen!

- Ix