<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">A "mil" is 1/1000 inches, one one thousandth of an inch. There are 1000 mils in an inch.<BR>
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Pappas is right about the light duty trash bag, except even these are around 1 1/2 mils thick. Monokote is around 2 1/2 mils thick and ultrakote around 3 mils thick<BR>
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You have got me wondering why you need 1 mil thick pvc film? That's very unusual<BR>
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MattK<BR>
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Date:4/23/2004 11:17:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I think the mil you refer to is one milli-inch. That even sounds right: it's about the same as a very light duty plastic trash bag.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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<B>From:</B> mike mueller [mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com]<BR>
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<B>Subject:</B> How thick is a mil.?<BR>
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Ok I took out the metric converter and I think I have the math right.<BR>
Could one of you smart dudes check this?<BR>
A micron is 1000th of a millimeter, correct?<BR>
A millimeter is about .039+", Correct?<BR>
25 microns is about .001, correct?<BR>
Then what's a mil.? And how thick is a mil?<BR>
I need to order 1 mil. vinyl and i'd like to know.<BR>
TIA, Mike<BR>
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