Is Mylar actually waterproof?

It is a polyester film, so the sheet will not pulp, tear or go translucent when it gets wet, and it dries flat. That covers rain, spray and a soaked truck bed. It is not a laminated chart built to live in salt spray for a season.

What is the difference between Mylar and bond paper?

Bond is paper. It absorbs moisture, which means it swells and shrinks slightly with humidity and tears once wet. Mylar is a polyester film that holds its dimensions regardless of humidity and survives water, which is why record drawings and plats are printed on it.

Can I mix Mylar and bond in one order?

Yes. Run the working set on bond and the record sheet or the sheet going outdoors on film. Material is set per file when you price the order.

Why does Mylar only print at ARCH C, D and E?

Those are the roll widths stocked in film. Bond runs the full ARCH and ANSI range from ARCH A to ARCH E and ANSI A to ANSI E.

How much does Mylar printing cost?

Flat rate per sheet with no volume tiers. ARCH C is $10 black and white or $14 in color, ARCH D is $20 or $28, and ARCH E is $40 or $56, before Florida sales tax.

Can you print Mylar the same day in Fort Myers?

Files in before 12 PM are ready the same day at 15880 Summerlin Rd, Ste. 300, Fort Myers. After 12 PM they are ready by 10 AM the next business day.

The plan sheet that survives the water

Mylar is not paper. It is a polyester drafting film that holds its dimensions no matter what the humidity does, and does not pulp, tear or go transparent when it gets wet.

Which is why two very different people ask for it: the surveyor who needs a sheet that still measures true in fifteen years, and the contractor whose dock permit is going to spend the afternoon out in the rain.

A Fort Myers map drawing printed on white bond paper, showing bright stock and dark linework — **Bond paper**Bright white, crisp black line. Tears when wet.

The same Fort Myers map drawing printed on 4 mil double-matte Mylar drafting film, showing the translucent grey cast of polyester film — **4 mil Mylar film**Translucent grey. Gets wet, dries flat, carries on.

Material: 4 mil double-matte polyester film
Sizes: ARCH C, D and E
Price: $10 to $40 a sheet, flat rate
Ready: Same day on files in before noon

Drafting film for the record

The traditional case, and the reason architects, engineers and surveyors ask for film by name. Paper moves. In a Fort Myers summer it moves more than most people expect.

Bond absorbs moisture out of the air, so a sheet stored through a wet season is not quite the sheet that came off the printer. Polyester film does not absorb anything. A dimension scaled off Mylar reads the same in fifteen years as it does the day it prints.

Record drawings and as-builts: The set that gets measured off long after the job closes, when nobody involved is still around to be asked.
Survey plats and recorded documents: Plats, condo plats and boundary surveys. Recording requirements vary by county and change, so confirm the current rule with the office you are filing with.
Sealed and signed sets: Sheets that will be handled, copied and refiled repeatedly without the edges going soft or the corners rounding off.
Archive copies: The clean set that goes in the flat file and is not the one anyone works from.

And then there is Southwest Florida

Same film, completely different reason. Down here the useful property is not that it lasts fifteen years in a drawer — it is that it lasts one afternoon outdoors in July. These are the jobs that come across the counter here and nowhere else.

Dock, seawall and lift permits

Waterfront permit drawings get worked on at the water, in the weather, with wet hands. One film sheet costs less than reprinting a soaked set and losing the afternoon to it.

Charts and running maps

Backcountry and flats charts for Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor, Estero Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands. Waypoints and run-throughs that live in a center console and get unfolded at speed.

Dive, wreck and reef maps

Charter and dive operators marking numbers and structure. On film the same sheet comes back aboard next season instead of back in pieces.

Site, grading and pool plans

The sheets that never make it back inside. Site layout, grading, concrete and pool plans that spend August on a job site.

Irrigation and course maps

Golf course irrigation, HOA landscape and community utility maps. Carried on a cart, used in the field, marked up on the spot.

Storm and shutdown plans

Hurricane sequences, shutoff diagrams and fire pre-plans. Documents pulled out once a year, in bad conditions, when they absolutely have to be legible.

What it costs

Per sheet, before Florida sales tax.
Size	Black & white	Color
ARCH C — 18″ × 24″	$10	$14
ARCH D — 24″ × 36″	$20	$28
ARCH E — 36″ × 48″	$40	$56

Flat rate per sheet. Film does not run on the volume ladder that bond does — one sheet and twenty sheets cost the same each. Mixed orders are normal: run the working set on bond and the one sheet that goes outdoors on film, in the same order.

Before you order

Is it actually waterproof?: The sheet will not pulp, tear or go translucent when it gets wet, and it dries flat. That covers rain, spray and a soaked truck bed. It is not a laminated chart built to live in salt spray for a season — if that is what you need, call and we will talk about laminating instead.
How is it different from bond paper?: Bond is paper, so it takes on moisture, moves slightly with humidity and tears once wet. Mylar is polyester film. It holds its dimensions and survives water. Everything else — the printer, the ink, the scale check — is the same.
Can I mix Mylar and bond in one order?: Yes, and most people should. Set the material per file when you price your set.
Why only ARCH C, D and E?: Those are the roll widths stocked in film. Bond runs the full ARCH and ANSI range.
Will it print at true scale?: Yes. We print at 100% and check every sheet for scale before it runs, on film the same as on bond. Film then has the advantage of not moving afterward, which is the whole reason record sets are printed on it.
Can you do it today?: Files in before 12 PM are ready the same day at 15880 Summerlin Rd. After 12 PM they are ready by 10 AM the next business day. Call 239-327-4018 if you need it sooner.

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