the wax paper at the dollar store is of very poor quality... I use Cut-Rite pick it up at the grocery store, and it will last a long time..... Currently I am testing a polyethalene film type plastic sheet at 6 mils seems to work well....also I am using a piece of sheet metal about 4ft X 6 ft X 14 gauge this sits on my board, and magnets to hold things in place without pins and lots of magnets ....