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Posted by Gordon Forbes on 11 October 2004 at 15:01

I’v noticed that in paper thicknesses i get quoted 205 “gsm” that i believe is grammes per square meter.
I see paper vinyl etc quoted as “mils” squooze me for bein so dumb but what thickness is mills approx in metric or to me understandable terms.

An explanation would be a great help

thanks in advance for any

Goop.

Gordon Forbes replied 21 years, 2 months ago 8 Members · 16 Replies
16 Replies

Chris Wool

Member
11 October 2004 at 15:15

GOOD QUESTION WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS A WHOLE LOAD OF EM STILL ANT VERY BIG

CHRIS
Andy Gorman

Member
11 October 2004 at 15:25

It’s some kind of yankee measurement. Is a mil a thousandth of an inch?
I dunno.
Debbie Astle

Member
11 October 2004 at 15:48

Maybe this will help

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html
Andy Gorman

Member
11 October 2004 at 15:58

Yes, that web page did help. It helped me to prove that I am all knowing. Or good at guessing.

A mickey? Who made that one up?
Adrian Hewson

Member
11 October 2004 at 19:30

NOt sure why paper is measured in gsm(but I reckon you are right that it is grammes per square metre) I thought it was to do with the qualityof the paper and not the thickness as an 80gsm paper is not a quarter of the thickness of 300gsm paper. Vinyls that we buy are quoted in microns which are one milioneth of a metre (this has to do with the thickness)

Maybe we could get the the girls to do a poll survey
John Childs

Member
11 October 2004 at 19:38

I seem to recall that we went to gsm at the same time as we went metric with A4, A5 etc.

I can’t for the life of me remember what we used before though.
Andy Gorman

Member
11 October 2004 at 19:49

When you were a lad John, the unit of paper was papyrus bundles.

Sorry. 😳
John Childs

Member
11 October 2004 at 19:54

Bog off Andy. Just because my driving licence is written in Latin.

You youngsters today! Don’t know you’re alive!!

😀
Andy Gorman

Member
11 October 2004 at 20:03

Yeah, and you paid for it with salt. Or was it fur pelts?
Jill Marie Welsh

Member
11 October 2004 at 20:06

The GIRLS to do a survey????
Survey this!
:booty:
Man, this stone driver’s license
is much heavier than a roll of 2 mil vynull.
I don’t know what the heck mil means either.
Put THAT on yer survey!
:nag4:
Love….jill
Adrian Hewson

Member
11 October 2004 at 20:08

~Sorry Jillbeans I thought you girls were the experts on lengths and thicknesses (hot)
John Childs

Member
11 October 2004 at 20:18

Pelts Andy.

But how many of you are legally entitled to drive your chariot through a pedestrian zone?
Jill Marie Welsh

Member
11 October 2004 at 20:22

:bow:
Well….since you put it that way…..
Just how thick is 2mil?
Is it in the John Holmes variety or more like Pee Wee Herman?
J.
Adrian Hewson

Member
11 October 2004 at 20:46

Sorry dont know John Holmes, is he the american version of Heinz ??
Phill Fenton

Member
11 October 2004 at 22:24

John Holmes..?..Hmmm..?..didn’t he star in a lot of those films made back in the 70’s… (cough) ..not that I have ever watched any of them 😳
Gordon Forbes

Member
12 October 2004 at 07:02

Feels like a bigger problem now like you get in that puzzle books

How did it get from mils to John Holmes in about 5 steps I’ll never know.

That’ll stump a few people (no pup intended or double entendre)

Goop.