the originals worked for decades, the frustrations folks have with cardboard is either the application technique or low quality repros or climate [condensation behind it] - the trick to prevent sag with the cardboard is to paint the back with an ordinary latex primer/sealer, which protects against moisture absorption and also helps pull it to a proper shape .... plastic is not at all forgiving

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot