Standard Plastic Sheet Thickness

The most common size in the thickness rating for plastic sheeting is 6 mil.

Standard plastic sheet thickness.

Economical light duty protection for indoor painting covering equipment pallets furniture during painting. 1 mil is a measurement unit that equals 0 001 inch which is about the width of an average human hair. Plastic sheeting mil thickness uses. In addition to the material composition plastic sheeting also comes in a wide range of thickness.

Some of our most popular plastic sheet materials are listed with the standard thickness tolerances of that material. Iso 472 plastics vocabulary available from american national standards institute ansi 25 w. You can also learn more about measuring plastic film thickness and variability in our article how to measure plastic film. Generally the thicker the plastic the stronger it is.

Painting covers thickness equivalent is a plastic shopping bag. A mil is 1 1000th of an inch. This thickness is indicated as mil thousandth of an inch. Counters carpeting floors hardwood tile bath tubs c a films.

43rd st 4th floor new york ny 10036. Solvetech s unique technology can help per astm d8136. Standard test method for determining plastic film thickness and thickness variability using a non contact capacitance thickness gauge d8195 18 standard classification system and basis for specification for polyethylene terephthalate film and sheeting. This is 6 thousandths of an inch or 0 006 inch.

Here is a listing of most common plastics and the manufacturing thickness or diameter tolerances.