Plastic films have a thickness of 0 040 or less while plastic sheets have a thickness greater than 0 040.
Gauge plastic sheet.
The conversion relationship between these thickness units is.
A mil is 1 1000th of an inch.
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For example additives added to the plastic such as the fire retardant additive may play a more significant role than the thickness of the plastic if the job requires fr flame retardant plastic.
Gauge is 100 x mils so for example 0 3 mils 30 gauge.
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A mil is 1000 times of an inch the gauge is 100 x mils to go from mils to microns you multiply mils x 25 4.
So the calculation formulas for plastic gauge are as below.
2 mil use as covers when painting drywall sanding.
Note that the term heavy gauge plastic is not to be confused with heavy mil referring to heavy plastic sheeting.
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Plastic gauge thickness chart plastic film sheet thickness gauge conversion.
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This can sometimes mean a millimeter to people outside of the united states so don t get confused.
Some of the most common uses are.
The most common plastic sheeting sizes found in local hardware stores are 2 3 4 and 6 mil poly sheets.
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Plastics are also grouped by stock.
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Film stock is used for smaller strips whereas sheet stock for much wider applications.
Plastic sheeting mil thickness uses.
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