Kappa board door cards

[chips]

I was thinking of making some super lightweight door cards for my track effort out of kappa board. Its used as a rigid mounting for drawings and photos for presentations and things. It has a foam core with a sort of plasticised paper sheet on each side. Its usually available in about 3 or 5mm thicknesses. It would be really easy to cut it to shape for a door card, then stick some thin vinyl on it to make it look nice. Or paint it gloss.

Discuss...

[JimmyC]

fire hazard?

sure kappa board is super flamable as we cant use it for print on the london underground for that reason

[chips]

fire hazard?

sure kappa board is super flamable as we cant use it for print on the london underground for that reason

Very good point, on that never crossed my mind.

I wonder if there are any other similar materials that are fire retardant?

[UweM3]

I wouldn't use anything I can punch through with littel to medium effort. But that's just me.
think about what your arms are doing when you roll the thing. A lot of sharp sheet metal in the doors

[chips]

A lot of people use no door cards at all. I was originally going to use aluminium sheet but thought it might be easier, if just to tidy up the interior, to use something more lightweight.

I think I'll stick with the aluminium

[d6dph]

There is a product used in the sign industry call Diabond iirc.

It's a foam based material with an aluminium face so it's strong and very light.

[zaust]

I was thinking of useing a thicker vinal like you would use to make the sticker's Dave. But i'm not sure if it would sit well over the lage hole's in the door's.??

[UweM3]

There is a product used in the sign industry call Diabond iirc.

It's a foam based material with an aluminium face so it's strong and very light.

DIBOND

good stuff, but £££££.
a sheet of polyprop with a thin sheet of aluminuim each side.