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The paper sold for printers is 20 pound paper and is .0035" thick. After the first one I tried to use the glue very sparingly with this paper to keep the sides from bowing and distorting on the 20 foot containers. But it didn't do much good as the containers were a lost cause. They looked like a cassette tape you left sitting on the dash of your car all summer long. <br />Rather than trying to use some type of internal braces I decided to try out some heavier paper. So I went to Office Depot and got some Cover paper used for cover sheets. It is 80 pound paper and is .0095" thick. <br />While the cover paper is harder to cut out and fold it doesn't bow or distort like the thinner printer paper but retains it's shape once glued up. As you can see from the pic below the Evergreen container made from 20lb paper is distorted where the Hapag-LLoyd container made from 80lb paper is nice and square with flat sides. <br /> <br />[img]http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/4349/papercontainers2pf.jpg[/img]
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