[Swansea Hackspace] Anyone know of laser cuttable vinyl-like material?

[Justin Mitchell]

On Wed, 2017-10-11 at 11:39 +0000, Andy Rush wrote:
> I've got an etching project that needs some very small (under 1"
> square), detailed resists made for it. normally, I'd go for the vinyl
> cutter, but the level of detail is smaller than what I know the vinyl
> cutter can handle. The laser cutter would be the ideal tool to make
> this, but you can't put vinyl in the laser cutter because of the
> fumes. Does anyone know of a material that's got similar properties
> to vinyl (ie: waterproof, self adhesive backing, non conductive) but
> that can be safely put into the laser cutter without re-enacting the
> chemical warfare of WWI? 

I believe you can buy self-adhesive mylar sheeting, which is the
preferred material for laser cut stencils.