Custom Vinyl Record Mailers
A record sleeve is 12.375in square and its corners are the first thing to die in the post. The pack is entirely about protecting four corners and keeping the disc from seam-splitting its own sleeve.
Skip the blank page
You already know what you are packaging, so there is nothing to set up. This opens the design engine with the one-piece folder structures on screen — then you type your own dimensions and the dieline is generated at that exact size.
The structures vinyl record mailers actually ship in
Every one of these is a construction TWOFORM generates a real production dieline for, at your own dimensions — not a template you have to fit your product into. Each opens the engine already on that package type.
Settle this before you design
Corner protection, and enough room that the disc cannot press the seam
A sleeve is about 12.375in square and stock corrugated footprints step straight past that — the nearest sizes below it are 12in, which is under the sleeve, and the next usable step up is 14in or wider. So the pack is genuinely oversized by design, with folded board across the corners and a stiffener holding it rigid. A pack cut tight to the sleeve puts the record's own corner exactly where the impact lands.
The mistake that costs a print run
Shipping the record inside its own outer sleeve as protection
A polythene outer keeps a sleeve clean; it does nothing structural. Records posted in a padded envelope with only that protection arrive with dinged corners at a rate that will consume any saving. Use a rigid folder and treat the polythene as what it is — a dust cover.
How you actually make it
- Open the structure above and type your real dimensions. The dieline is generated at that exact size and validated against real manufacturing limits as it draws — if a size cannot be folded, glued and shipped, it says so before you design anything on it.
- Describe your brand and the AI designs the artwork directly onto that dieline — not onto a picture of a package.
- Place your own logo, barcode and any required panel yourself. The AI leaves them exactly as placed unless you ask it to change them.
- Fold it in live 3D to check it, then download print-ready files to use with any printer — or have TWOFORM manufacture it.
Questions about custom vinyl record mailers
What size mailer fits a 12in record?
A standard sleeve is about 12.375in square, so the mailer needs to be around 13in square with depth for the sleeve and a stiffener. Anything cut tight to the sleeve puts the corners at the impact point.
Can records ship in a padded envelope?
It is common and it is where corner damage comes from. Padding cushions a flat face; it does not protect a corner. A rigid folder does.
How do I stop seam splits?
Keep the disc from being pressed against the sleeve seam by stacking or by a pack that grips too tightly, and keep the whole package rigid so nothing flexes in transit.