Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
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Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Hello,
I have a quick question to ask. We are developing the mould for a new transparent concave glass in China. The glass will be transparent but would like to turn it all-white, except for a small vertical strip on one side that will remain clear / transparent. So far our feedback shows that white cannot be applied all over the bottle with screen printing.
I was wondering if you know of any alternative and affordable ways to achieve this (for a quantity of 3,000 - 5,000 bottles)?
Thank you very much in advance.
Ares
I have a quick question to ask. We are developing the mould for a new transparent concave glass in China. The glass will be transparent but would like to turn it all-white, except for a small vertical strip on one side that will remain clear / transparent. So far our feedback shows that white cannot be applied all over the bottle with screen printing.
I was wondering if you know of any alternative and affordable ways to achieve this (for a quantity of 3,000 - 5,000 bottles)?
Thank you very much in advance.
Ares
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Depends on the shape, you could screenprint a mask over the clear area, then dip-coat the glass. Pictures might help.Wanderer wrote:Hello,
I have a quick question to ask. We are developing the mould for a new transparent concave glass in China. The glass will be transparent but would like to turn it all-white, except for a small vertical strip on one side that will remain clear / transparent. So far our feedback shows that white cannot be applied all over the bottle with screen printing.
I was wondering if you know of any alternative and affordable ways to achieve this (for a quantity of 3,000 - 5,000 bottles)?
Thank you very much in advance.
Ares
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Thanks so much tompaine!
Here's a pic of the shape of the bottle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eclecticon ... 7412282658
And here is a diagram of the basic processing we need, turn it all white (from clear) but leave a slim vertical strip transparent: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eclecticon ... 7140783712
The factory mentioned spray painting, would that be a better option?
Thanks in advance for any further input.
Here's a pic of the shape of the bottle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eclecticon ... 7412282658
And here is a diagram of the basic processing we need, turn it all white (from clear) but leave a slim vertical strip transparent: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eclecticon ... 7140783712
The factory mentioned spray painting, would that be a better option?
Thanks in advance for any further input.
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Spraying works, imagine putting a piece of tape down the side & peeling it off to reveal the clear line.
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Thanks so much tompaine!
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tompaine, this is a different subject and I'm still not sure whether I should start a new topic on it..
Someone mentioned that the bottle would need to have "registration" at the bottom in order to be able to screen-print on it (this refers to the graphics we'll be adding later with screen printing). The graphics will have two colors (gray and lime-green). I'm not sure what this "registration" is and how this should affect our mould..
Any input would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much once again.
Someone mentioned that the bottle would need to have "registration" at the bottom in order to be able to screen-print on it (this refers to the graphics we'll be adding later with screen printing). The graphics will have two colors (gray and lime-green). I'm not sure what this "registration" is and how this should affect our mould..
Any input would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much once again.
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
If you want to align the screenprinting process twice - for two colours then you need a datum point on the glass, it's often an indent, otherwise how do you know where to print the second colour?
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Tons of thanks tompaine, your comments have solved my most serious queries!
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
It's a pleasure
Re: Best way to paint a whole concave clear glass?
Hi tompaine.
I wanted to ask for your help on a new set of problems that we ran into, in regards with what we were discussing in this post. I started a new topic here: http://www.screenprintingforum.com/view ... f=3&t=2863
Any input would be really valuable. Thank you very much in advance.
I wanted to ask for your help on a new set of problems that we ran into, in regards with what we were discussing in this post. I started a new topic here: http://www.screenprintingforum.com/view ... f=3&t=2863
Any input would be really valuable. Thank you very much in advance.