I am fortunate in having two electronics suppliers nearby. Each have their own type of Vero board. One sells the plain brown one which has shiny copper traces and the other store has brown material printed with white lines on one side and dull copper traces on the other. I prefer the look of the plain brown stuff but the boards with the white lines and dull copper strips works better. It takes solder extremely easily and neatly and the traces are far more solid. The plain brown board with the shiny traces sometimes has micro-fractures or tears in the copper which has caused grief on more than one occasion. And the shiny copper doesn't seem to take solder as well.
If you are in Australia the good stuff comes from Altronics IME and the less good stuff comes from Jaycar.
If you are in Australia the good stuff comes from Altronics IME and the less good stuff comes from Jaycar.