what material to make a stencil?

[netsol]

i promised a good friend i would make a couple stencils, he is striping and marking his parking lot.
a tennant's customers are out of control so we want "no parking" and "15 minute parking" stencils
& like many things, although i can talk about the topic forever, i have never actually done it.

what material should i use?

 

[CanuckSigns]

What equipment do you have at your disposal? That will narrow it down.

 

[WYLDGFI]

want something quick and cheap? you can use 2 or 3mm PVC in a pinch.

 

[netsol]

What equipment do you have at your disposal? That will narrow it down.

gerber 4b
gerber tempo 600 (24" graphtec by another name"
(3) roland 54" machines

 

[WYLDGFI]

Oh...so no cnc. Thought you had one. Sorry about that...

 

[netsol]

Oh...so no cnc. Thought you had one. Sorry about that...

yes

i thought we would do from a roll of material
i never thought of using the cnc

i pictured something punched for the 15" roland

 

[victor bogdanov]

https://www.breninc.com/product/new-clear-cut-7b-blue-trade/

Clear Cut 7B, it is pretty thin for a parking lot stencil but will get the job done

 

[Souldar]

Low density polyethylene (LDPE) is a good choice and fairly inexpensive. You can reuse it a lot. But you will need a CNC to cut it

 

[jimbug72]

If they want to reuse them best bet is to outsource to someone with a CNC. If it's a REALLY good friend you could cut the stencil in vinyl, lay it on a substrate like LDPE or PVC mentioned above, then use a handheld router or jigsaw or something.
Not sure what would be best if you're just doing multiple single use vinyl stencils. I've never applied vinyl to pavement before.