How do make a flat? It's been years--Please help!!!!!

Another issue about using Foamcore for flats, one I hadn't seen mentioned here, one that I found from experience.

While it's nice if it's the right color, right off the shelf, often times it won't be. Should you decide to paint Foamcore, make darned sure it's secured to a frame properly, because it will curl like a sonofagun when the paint on it dries. I tried painting some just laying down on the ground, full 4x8 sheets, with latex hardware store paint... it almost rolled into tubes it curled so bad. Backpainting it with some surplus latex paint helped uncurl it a bit, but not much.

Frame it solid and flat.
 

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