Manufacturers commonly describe the thickness of their liners in MILs or Gauges. Some use the terms interchangeably as they are the same. They aren't. MIL designated liners are 6-12% thicker than a Gauge designated liner for the same number. For example, a 25 MIL liner is about 12% thicker than a 25 Gauge liner. This guide shows the differences to give you a better understanding of what thickness liner you are buying.
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Edward Schonewolf Posted: 4/20/2019
what Gauge is a 12 mil above ground pool liner?Reply
InyoPools Product Specialist Robert M. Posted: 4/24/2019
Hello Edward - Liners are typically sold as either 20 gauge or 25 gauge. A 12 mil liner is on the thinner side, so that was probably sold as a 20 gauge liner.Reply
InyoPools Posted: 8/16/2018
Hello Tina - A liner listed at 25 gauge would be similar to one listed at 20 mil.Reply
Tina Campbell Posted: 6/26/2018
Would a 25 gauge be comparable to a 20 mil liner???Reply
InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 11/4/2016
DT - Pool liners aren't sold in that thin a gauge or mil. However, going by the very rough gauge to mil comparison (e.g.- a mil is about 10% thicker than a gauge), a 12 gauge would be thicker than a 9 mil.Reply
DT Posted: 11/2/2016
who wins? the guy with the 12 gage or the guy with the 9 milReply
InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 9/13/2016
duh people - In pools vinyl liners, gauge sizes are reversed from sheet metal gauge sizes. For vinyl liners, 25 gauge is heaver than 20 gauge.Reply
duh people Posted: 9/11/2016
Lynch -25a. thicker than 20 ga. ??
Think again.
You can dent 25 ga. sheet metal with your hand
you would need a hammer to dent 20ga. sheet metal
Gauges get thicker as they go down
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InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 12/5/2014
mcphunter - 25ga is thicker than 20ga.Reply
mcphunter Posted: 12/4/2014
which is thicker 20ga or 25ga???Reply
InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 4/30/2014
debs - The thickest, beaded, pool liner that you sell is 27 MILs.Reply
debs Posted: 4/29/2014
So what exactly is the thickest, beaded, pool liner that you sell?Reply
InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 12/12/2013
suezew - I have only seen this comparison for the common liner thicknesses. You could estimate that any MIL liner thickness is approximately 10% thicker than a comparable gauge thickness. Be aware that this comparison is for liners only. It will be different for other materials like steel.Reply
suezew Posted: 12/11/2013
Is there a chart listing this information starting with 1 guage/mill?Reply
Anonymous Posted: 1/8/2013
so what is 12 gauge v.s. 8 mil?Thanks!
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