Trekell 5" x 7" Gesso Primed - 1/8" Aluminum Composite Material Panel

Ok I love these!

These panels are just what I was looking for. I usually use oil primed linen panel but wanted something that I could try different texture techniques on. I had no problem w the surface accepting the oil paint as well. I love that the corners are smooth, so you don’t cut yourself with a sharp aluminum corner. I will be ordering these again!

Great; few areas for improvement

These are fantastic, especially compared to the aluminum composite gesso-primed panels sold by Jerry's Artarama. They make good ones too but the edges are a bit messy. Trekell's panels are very clean, with a smoother surface than the triple-primed Artarama panels (and cheaper, too!). Only a couple things stop these from being perfect: 1) the stickers on the back of the panels use a horrifically sticky adhesive. Getting it off was a nightmare until I used Goo-Gone. After that, basically a non-issue; takes a few minutes with a little plastic scraper but otherwise it's fine. 2) I ordered multiple panels at once (six, I think?) and at least two of them were not useable due to marring (gouges, deep scratches) in the gesso surface. The others were so great that I didn't mind too much, but it does mean I'm throwing away about a third of my order, because I need the surface to be perfectly smooth. They come individually wrapped, and it doesn't look like it was a transit issue; I think they left the warehouse that way. So maybe a little more quality control, and putting the stickers on the outside of the wrapper, and these would be perfect.

Misleading

The panel looks great, however I did not realize nor see anywhere, that the corners were rounded. As a painter who traditionally uses floater frames, this might be tricky. Thank you.