Speedball 4313 Premium Mounted Linoleum Block – Fine, Flat Surface for Easy Carving, Smoky Tan, 8 x 10 Inches

I used this Speedball Mounted Linoleum for a linocut workshop. With zero prior experience, I was able to carve and get a print that I’m happy with (for a first go). The linoleum was firm without being too hard to carve. I used Saral blue wax-free transfer paper to get the image transferred to the block, and then traced the blue outlines with a fine point Sharpie.The board backing made it easy to grip and most of the time I didn’t need to use a bench hook. This is not the best price you can find, but I needed the linoleum quickly and Prime got it to me ASAP.

The product worked well but the item sticker was hard to take off on the linoleum. There was some sticky residue left. Other than that everything was good.

Great value. I was able to very cleanly cut the whole board into a quarter sized bloc for my specific need.The lineoleum compound is lacking, as it is too hard and brittle for fine detail. In the end I carved THREE blocks to get a less than perfect result.

Arrived scuffed and scratched and edges chipped... Pretty important since it's for printing, marks made will be printed, and therefore marks should only be intentional ones. I'll buy at the craft store next time.

This was my first time doing block printing, but I found that everything went wonderfully smoothly. The block cut cleanly with absolutely no tearing or splitting. Printing went off without a hitch, and cleaning the block afterwards was a breeze. I used it with the Speedball fabric ink (3570), and was very satisfied with the results. I bought two, and will be using the extra block for my next design. When I do more printing in the future, I'll be buying these blocks again, no doubt about it.

Great value for the money.

I am so happy with this purchase! It took me less than a day to carve into because it is so soft. Worked great for block printing. My prints came out beautiful!

Get these, not the unmounted and not the non-speedball ones. I am a linocutter since 2004 and do a lot of it. Trust me.Don't try those unmounted ones. First, the picture doesn't transfer as well. Second, they too easy to carve (mistakes galore). Third, they bend into your paper when printing, making all of the carved out areas show their ugly lines. I tried with them, but after all the effort of designing and carving, the stuff was so bendy that the carved out portions, pushed their way into my composition. Yuck!