Econospace

[Jon_Brooke]

I use Econospace fairly regularly for float mounted pictures but it seems quite expensive for what it is.

Does anyone have an alternative?

[pramsay13]

Cut strips of scrap mountboard or foamboard.

[Justintime]

Most of the framing suppliers sell a paper wrapped wood spacer that can be easily cut and joined. Wessex, Lions, Rose and Hollis to name a few or as previously suggested make matching mountboard spacers by gluing 3mm foamboard to a piece of 1.4mm mountboard and then cutting out spacers to the required depth.

[Jon_Brooke]

Anyone come across a generic plastic spacer that does a similar job? I'm imagining that there are applications in glazing for example.

I use the foam board/mountboard combo if I need a gap of more than a few mm - but I'm really asking about alternatives to the 1.5mm or 3mm Econospace.

[JFeig]

Before Econospace strips of balsa wood from craft stores was the accepted spacer material.
Industrial plastic suppliers do sell extruded acrylic rods and tubes and flexible tubing.