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Hi, I'm looking for cardstock paper in Sweden, but either I'm doing it wrong or cardstock had a different name in Sweden.

I badly want to know where to find this...

Thanks.
>> Anonymous
Just ask in the store where you buy your regular paper, if they also have thicker (or heavier) paper. Most people use about twice as thick as regular (but it is a personal preference) if you ask for that, I'm sure they can tell you if they have some, and if not, they can order it for you or point you in the direction of a different store that does have it.
>> Anonymous
I never quite got the whole cardstock thing either. The term is just not used much outside of english speaking countries for as far as I know. It's also called paperboard if that's any help.

Essentially it's just thick paper.
I simply use printer paper that's quite a bit heavier then the general 90 gr per square meter.
Try and find a weight that you find pleasant to work with and still fits through you printer.
>> Anonymous
In england we just call it...card.
>> Anonymous
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I found it!

Now I need to know what's good for larger constructions (I'm going to make the mario life size hat)...I think I need 110 lb paper , but lb won't convert properly to the Swedish "g".... Help?
>> Anonymous
by 'g' you mean 'g/m2'?
if yes, regular paper is 75g/m2, so 15g/m2 is a good, strong paper that'll go to most printers. Larger constructions should work out too, just be carefull with paper heavier that this; it could ruin your printer
>> Anonymous
No, kilogram, or gram, or 'g'

I think it's 160 as that's the dubble weight of a normal paper.
>> Anonymous
>>199735
Paper weight is measured in "grams per square meter", not just grams or kilograms.
A paper sheet the size of a football field that weighs 160 grams, is very very thin, while a paper sheet the sheet the size of a needle head is very thick.
So they figured, let's take 1 square meter as a constant so we can actually compare paper weights to each other. ;)
>> Anonymous
I use 210 gsm card. My inkjet printer doesn't mind it one bit and it comes out nice and flat (lexmark 4550)
>> Anonymous
>>199901
exactly, that's why I thought it was strange to just say 'g'
oh, and a little typo there in>>199723, its "150g/m2" instead of 15 ^^'