Why our promotional coffee mugs are only decorated by a high
fired ceramic print method.
At Stand out promotions we get regular requests to fix prints that have been done elsewhere by other printers , and by other methods of
printing other than a high fired ceramic print.
Pad prints and some screen prints will give you a better buying price but in most cases this is only a
temporary print.
When talking about prints on ceramics , customers will not like it when their logo or
print comes off after scratching , or when dishwashers take effect on the print, and this could have a negative
effect on you doing future business with that customer.
Customers of some other companies, are often told that these prints are fired, when in actual fact the ink is just low heat cured, if you try the
scratch test with a coin or an abrasive dish washing brush, you will find the print comes off.
These other type of prints are sitting on the glaze of the mug , and have no way of being absorbed into the product to
give any permanent durability to the print.
We have always decorated our ceramics with high fire ceramic inks.
Our prints when applied to the surface of the mug, take a further 4 to 5 hours in one of our 60 foot
tunnel kilns at a temperature of 750 to 800 Celsius to insure the durability of the product.
Using the above process bonds the print into the surface glaze of the mug giving you , and your
customer a print that won’t rub or scratch off, put our prints to the test and you will see the difference.
It takes time to produce a quality print but the end result gives you and your customer a product that
will last for years not months , and in some cases only weeks when using other printing methods.
We have built a reputation over nearly 20 years in decorating for the promotional industry, it takes expertise
to deliver a quality product , and I am positive that in your business, that is what you expect , and would
want to deliver to your customer. |
