How Much Does a Custom Stencil Cost in Australia? 2026 Pricing Guide

Most stencil suppliers will not put a number on the page. We will. This is what a custom laser cut stencil costs at Tinkable, why it costs that, and what changes the figure.

Prices are in AUD and current as at August 2026. They cover the stencil itself, cut to your artwork, in our Brisbane workshop.

The short answer

A custom Mylar stencil starts at $40. That price includes everything up to A5 (148mm x 210mm), in either thickness, with a digital proof before anything is cut.

Most single custom stencils land between $40 and $130. Large format work runs to $280 for a single A0 sheet. Sets of individual letters or numbers are priced separately because you are buying twenty-six or ten separate pieces, not one.

Custom Mylar stencils by size

Mylar is the default material and suits most jobs. The base price is $40 and size is what moves it:

Design size	Dimensions	Total
A7	74mm x 105mm	$40
A6	105mm x 148mm	$40
A5	148mm x 210mm	$40
A4	210mm x 297mm	$80
A3	297mm x 420mm	$110
A2	420mm x 594mm	$130
A1	594mm x 841mm	$180
A0	841mm x 1188mm	$280

Half sizes cost less. A lot of signage artwork is long and thin rather than square, and paying for a full sheet you do not use makes no sense. A half-A4 (105mm x 297mm) is $61 rather than $80; a half-A3 (148.5mm x 420mm) is $75 rather than $110. If your design fits a half sheet, choose it.

Both Mylar thicknesses are the same price. 7.5mil (0.19mm) and 14mil (0.36mm) cost the same, so choose on suitability rather than budget. More on that below.

Other materials

Polypropylene, MDF and plywood are priced slightly higher than Mylar at the same size, and each has a thicker option for $10 more:

Material	A4	A3	A2	A1	Thicker option
Mylar	$80	$110	$130	$180	included
Polypropylene	$90	$120	$140	$190	+$10 for 1.0mm
MDF	$90	$120	$140	$190	+$10 for 6mm
Plywood	$90	$120	$140	$190	+$10 for 7mm

Ready-made and specialist stencils

Product	Price
Custom coffee and cocktail stencils	$21 – $26
Pre-made coffee stencils, thirteen designs	$19 – $24
Cardstock stencils, single use	$20 – $60
“RESERVED” parking stencil	$85 – $110
Number set 0–9, reusable Mylar	$70 – $490
Letter and number stencils A–Z	$160 – $700
Custom self-inking stamps	$18.50 – $35

Letter and number sets look expensive next to a single stencil, and they are not comparable. A set is twenty-six or ten individually cut pieces, each with its own border, sized from small lettering up to 300mm characters. Priced per piece they are cheaper than ordering letters one at a time.

What the price includes

• A 50mm overspray border as standard. It keeps paint off the surrounding surface and gives you something to hold or tape. Wider borders on request.
• Bridge design. Enclosed shapes such as the centre of an O, A or 8 need small connecting pieces so the middle does not fall out. We place them to preserve the look of your artwork rather than dropping them wherever is convenient.
• A digital proof before cutting. Issued in one to two business days. Nothing goes to the laser until you approve it, and if the proof is not right we refund in full.
• Minor artwork preparation. Cleaning up a file, adjusting stroke widths that would not survive use, thickening a bridge.

What adds to the price

Substantial artwork preparation. Minor fixes are free. Redrawing a logo from a photograph, tracing a scanned sketch, or rebuilding artwork that arrives as a low-resolution image is quoted before we start. It is usually modest, and you approve it first.

Going up a size band. The jump from A5 to A4 is the biggest single step in the table because it is the point where the design stops fitting a small sheet. If your artwork is close to a boundary, ask — a few millimetres can save $40.

Tiling for very large work. Mylar is cut up to 1400mm wide and continuous in length, so most large jobs are one piece. Anything wider is tiled across multiple registered sheets with alignment marks cut in, and each sheet is priced individually.

Three worked examples

Café logo for coffee art. Custom coffee stencil, food-safe, your logo. $21 – $26. This is the cheapest way to get your branding onto something a customer photographs.

Site signage for a builder. Company name and phone number, A3, 14mil Mylar for repeat use across a job. $110. Reusable for the life of the project and beyond.

Warehouse floor marking. Bay numbers at A2, 14mil Mylar, ordered as a set. $130 each, and over $99 shipping is free Australia-wide.

Shipping

Free Australia-wide on orders of $99 or more. Below that, rates are calculated at checkout by destination and parcel size. Every order ships tracked, and we ship internationally.

Worth knowing: if you are at $80 for an A4 stencil, a second small stencil or a set of coffee stencils often costs less than paying shipping on the first one.

Why the cheapest stencil is rarely the cheapest option

Cardstock and thin single-use stencils have their place — a one-off event, a template you will trace once. For anything you will use again, the cost that matters is cost per use.

A 14mil Mylar stencil used and cleaned properly lasts dozens to hundreds of applications. At $110 for an A3 that is cents per use. A cardstock version at a third of the price that survives one job is more expensive the second time you need it.

The other hidden cost is bridges. A supplier who does not design them properly delivers a stencil where the centre of every O drops out on first use, and there is no fixing that after cutting.

Getting a quote

Quotes are free and there is no minimum order. Email info@tinkable.com.au with your size, material, quantity and artwork, or order directly through our custom stencil page and upload your file there.

If you are not sure what size or material you need, send the artwork and tell us what surface it is going on and how many times you will use it. We will tell you what we would order in your position.

Prices current as at August 2026 and subject to change. Tinkable Pty Ltd, 5 Othello Ct, Eatons Hill QLD 4037.