Template Film

The new name for Template PVC

We sell high-quality template materials for construction designs to stonemasons, ornamental plasterers, boatbuilders, set makers, musical instrument makers and any other craftspeople who need flexible materials for making templates. We can also plot your templates for you.

Applications for Our PVC Template Film

Our high-quality PVC template film is widely used in the stonemasonry industry but can also be used for any situation where a flexible template material is required.

Sometimes referred to as template plastic, template paper, template sheet, template PVC, template film or acetate paper, this film can be used as an effective alternative to Mylar®* as a template material.

The semi-rigid nature of this film allows you to fold it around a curved surface to create the profile to your desired shape, without stretching or shrinking, giving it a multitude of applications.

*‘Mylar’ is a registered trademark of the DuPont Teijin Corporation.

What is a template?

  • a shaped piece of rigid or semi-rigid material used as a pattern for processes such as cutting out, shaping, or drilling.
  • A template is a form, mould or pattern used as a guide to make something. 

Benefits of Our PVC Film

  • Its qualities of being water, fat & oil resistant and of a semi-rigid nature, makes it durable and ideally suitable for harsh environments such as the stonemasons workshop or similar
  • It has a smooth finish on inside and a matt finish on the external surface and is translucent, enabling visibility of marking up & tracing of stonework and can easily be written on with a permanent marker
  • It’s 250 microns (0.25mm) thick, and can easily be cut to shape with a pair of scissors or a sharp knife
  • It’s relatively light and semi rigid so is durable but flexible, enabling tracing of on-site details
  • It can be used in conjunction with a graphics plotter enabling time efficient CAD template plotting compared to hand drawing, with less waste
  • It’s durable, it can be used multiple times
  • It facilitates the layering of templates for complex designs