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Question for Ye
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.
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16 Replies
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GOOD QUESTION WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS A WHOLE LOAD OF EM STILL ANT VERY BIG
CHRIS
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It’s some kind of yankee measurement. Is a mil a thousandth of an inch?
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Maybe this will help
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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?
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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
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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.
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When you were a lad John, the unit of paper was papyrus bundles.
Sorry. 😳
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Bog off Andy. Just because my driving licence is written in Latin.
You youngsters today! Don’t know you’re alive!!
😀
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Yeah, and you paid for it with salt. Or was it fur pelts?
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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!
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~Sorry Jillbeans I thought you girls were the experts on lengths and thicknesses (hot)
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Pelts Andy.
But how many of you are legally entitled to drive your chariot through a pedestrian zone?
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: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?
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Sorry dont know John Holmes, is he the american version of Heinz ??
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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 😳
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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.
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