A Guide to LayFlat Tubing

Polythene layflat tubing.

Create your own size bags

The easy way to produce polythene bags to suit specific product requirements. Hundreds of uses in the factory or warehouse. Ideal for packaging odd shaped or long items. Simply insert your product into the tubing, cut to required length and heat seal one or both ends.
Provides quick, economic waterproof protection, for all products.

How thick is thick?

100 gauge a 1/1000 of an inch 120 gauge 'light duty' - good for protective covering

250 gauge 'medium duty' - good for holding light materials

500 gauge 'heavy duty' - where strength is required

1000 gauge 'ultra heavy duty' - where maximum strength is required

Metric and Imperial

Most measurements are given in imperial (inches and gauge) but some of us prefer to use metric scales and the conversions are as follows:

width/Length 1" = 25.4 mm thickness

400 gauge = 100 micron

For example: a 4"x 6" x 150 gauge bag is the same as a 102mm x 152mm x 37.5 micron bag