Cling film

On 01/07/2022 14:23, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: <snip>

I doubt that. I'd expect it to be handled like paper* with the film wound off a wide roll, across sharp blades which cut the single layer of film, onto several narrower rolls.

Oh and if your dispenser has enough tolerance to cope with 305mm have a look at commercials suppliers - eg

Loads of 300mm cling film on Amazon. Some seem like very long rolls, so you need to check the maximum diameter your stand will take.

Yes. Sadly, they never seem to give the dimensions of the roll itself.

So the question is how to cut a roll then? A very sharp carving knife can work.Surely somebody makes it in the old width though. Incidentally is this the same as what I've seen described as Saran wrap. It feels very similar, but comes in not only different widths but thicknesses as well and the very thick stuff is often used over loads to be put on vans. Brian

The cling film I have at the moment has a cardboard spool that is a couple of cms longer than the width of the film, so it sticks out both ends. That's clearly been made by cutting the film to the required width, then winding it onto the spool.

If you think about it, cling film sticks to itself when pressure is applied. Cutting the entire roll at once seems to do this at the cut edge, so it tears when you try to unwind it.

Brian Gaff was thinking very hard :

Which usually has a blue tinge to it.

GB presented the following explanation :

Several different rolls here and all as above, with the tube sticking out.