Plate 129:  Adding a souvenir mug to the collection, Part 15: selecting boxboard for the presentation box
(This plate added SEP 2004)

Two pieces of boxboard are shown in the accompanying photo, one lying atop the other. They were originally the front and back panels of a box of breakfast cereal (see Plate 122). These two pieces of boxboard, and other similar pieces, will be fashioned into the Silver Jubilee presentation box (see the design in  Plate 128). Cereal boxes are made of boxboard that is coated on one side with clay (claycoated boxboard). The purpose of the clay coating is to provide a smooth surface that is suitable for being printed with colored inks. The piece of boxboard on the top is claycoated on the side that is placed downward in this view. The drab visible side of the upper piece is known as the kraft side or kraft back. The other piece of boxboard, two colorful edges of which are visible in our picture, was placed claycoat-side upward. --more--

Because our breakfast-cereal boxboard is very thin and flexible, it should not be used without stiffening before being fashioned into the presentation box. To provide the required stiffening, thin sheets of boxboard should be laminated with other thin sheets before being cut into their finished shapes. We will laminate the two pieces of boxboard shown in the accompanying illustration by gluing their clay-coated sides together, thereby not only providing the desired stiffening, but also permanently concealing the gaudy colored printing. Go to top of page