Custom Mylar Film Rolls

Widths, Lengths and Cores

Rolls are slit to the width you specify, from narrow tapes for edging and banding to wide rolls for laminating machines. Length depends on thickness, since a thick film makes a bulky roll very quickly. Tell us the maximum roll diameter your machine or dispenser accepts and we will wind to suit.

Core size matters for anyone feeding film into equipment. The most common internal diameters are around twenty-five and seventy-six millimetres, but we can wind onto other cores if your machine needs them. For hand use, a smaller roll on a narrow core is easier to manage on a workbench and fits in a standard dispenser.

If you need several widths, we can slit them from the same parent roll so the film properties match exactly across your stock.

Mention the end use when you order, because a roll for a laminator, a slitter and a hand dispenser may each need a different winding tension to feed smoothly. Labellers that take the same cores are covered on our roll labels on the same cores page.

Printed Mylar Film Rolls for Converters

Packaging converters and small brands who make their own pouches, sachets or lidding sometimes need the film printed before it is laminated or sealed. We print a repeating design along the roll, with the repeat length set to match your finished pack, so every bag or lid carries a full logo. Reverse printing on clear film, where the ink sits underneath the surface and is protected once laminated, is common for food and cosmetics.

Registration marks, or eye marks, can be added at each repeat so automatic machines know where to cut. Share your machine's requirements for eye mark size and position with your artwork and we will place them correctly.

Plain film can also be supplied with a printable treated surface if you plan to print it yourself. Our print on film compared guide shows how inks sit on clear and metallised surfaces.

Handling and Storing Film

Polyester film is tough but its surface scratches if rolls are dragged or stacked without protection. Keep rolls in their wrapping until use, store them on their ends or on a rod through the core, and avoid leaving them in direct sunlight or next to heaters. Static can build up as film unwinds, attracting dust, so a clean, slightly humid workspace helps, as does an anti-static brush for precision work.

When cutting by hand, a sharp rotary cutter or craft knife against a steel rule gives the cleanest edge. Blunt blades can start small tears at the edge which then run under tension.

For machine feeding, check that the roll is wound in the direction your equipment expects. Film can be wound with the treated or printed side facing in or out, and getting it the wrong way round means rewinding before use. Note this on your order, along with any splice limits your line can tolerate, and we will wind accordingly. Labelling each roll with its width, thickness and length makes stock checks faster in a busy workshop. The same cool, dry storage applies to our branded tissue paper stored the same way.

Who Buys Film on a Roll

Packaging converters making bags, sachets and lidding are the largest group. Screen printers, sign makers and stencil cutters use matt film. Crafters and card makers buy clear and coloured metallised film for windows and decorative details. Framers, archivists and collectors use clear film as a protective layer for prints and documents. Theatre, events and display companies buy metallised film for reflective backdrops and props.

Small food and cosmetics brands sometimes buy printed film to run on their own sachet machine instead of buying finished bags, which gives them more control over batch sizes. Converters sealing cartons after wrapping use our tear strip tape for sealing.

Match the Core and the Width to Your Machine

Film rolls are specified by the machine that unwinds them, so before you order, check three things on your laminator, wrapper or cutter: the core diameter it takes, the maximum roll diameter it will hold and the web width it runs. Those figures, with the film type, clear, metallised or matt, and the thickness, are the whole brief for plain film. For printed film, add the repeat length and whether eye marks are needed for a wrapping machine, and send the artwork as a vector file; the free proof shows the repeat and the eye mark positions. Small workshops and crafters can order a few rolls, because minimums are low and quoted per job. A custom quote comes by email within one working day, plain film is dispatched sooner than printed film, and printed rolls run 4–7 working days after approval. Delivery is free and tracked to UK mainland addresses, with rolls packed on end in cartons. Tape, tissue and the rest of the packing bench are listed with our other box extras we supply.