Cutting up a Flip-map. Good idea?

[King Stag]

I have the GameMastery Basic flip-mat and was wondering if it would be a good idea to cut it up to use more like my Dungeon Tiles. Has anyone done this? Does it hold up well?

[gbonehead]

I'm confused why you'd want to do this, but if you did it would probably hold up well. Why not just pick up a couple of map packs instead of cutting up a flip mat?

[Don Walker]

Before I got one, I thought about cutting it along the folds so it would always lay flat on the table, but for new flip-mats if you fold them back when you open them, they are fine. And once they've been used a few times they flatten out pretty well.

I imagine the cut edges would fray a bit since the maps are laminated. They're really just heavy paper with a durable coating on them. If you store the cut pieces carefully, you'd probably get a lot of use out of them.

[gbonehead]

It's been mentioned elsewhere, but a lot of people (myself among them) find an artist's portfolio to be handy - then the maps are always flat and tend to stay that way really well.

Plus I find it a lot easier to find the map I want, since they're all unfolded.

[HangarFlying]

FWIW, I've unfolded all of my flip maps and placed them between the mattress and the box (no springs) of my bed. They're out of the way when I don't need them, and flat when I do.

[Katt De Grey]

If you put an iron on low and place a towel over the top of the flip mat it takes the fold lines very well.
Just go slowly and be careful.