All Things You Should Know About Epoxy Stickers
Epoxy labels are also known as 3D stickers in the market. Some types of Epoxy stickers have adhesive glue applied on their backs so that they can firmly stick to any surface on which they are to be attached. Epoxy logo stickers can be attached to various types of surfaces such as tiffin boxes, lockers, books, walls, windows or windshields of vehicles, etc. You can get epoxy logo stickers for your company that has been made according to your preference. You can get a different kind of 3d effect added to your epoxy label if you place an order of a large quantities to the manufacturing company.
How to Make an Epoxy Sticker?
Epoxy stickers are made from various kinds of materials such as plastic, printed papers (colored or black and white), and vinyl or on any other kind of material on whose one side an adhesive can be put on so that it strongly sticks to the surface on which you want to attach the epoxy sticker.
Epoxy labels come in various types of sizes and shapes and also come in a wide variety of colors and designs to choose from. One should be careful while selecting epoxy labels so that they can get that one perfect sticker that ticks off all of the needs that are required by them.
There are mainly 3 kinds of adhesives that can be used for epoxy logo stickers.
- Rubber
The adhesives that are made from this kind of material provide great attachment to the epoxy labels with the surfaces on which they are placed. Another advantage of using this material as an adhesive is that you can remove the epoxy labels from the surface by using a solvent.
There is only one drawback of this material which is that it is not quite durable and would get easily damaged by heat or UV light due to which your epoxy stickers won’t be able to remain attached for a long time if you are working under such conditions.
- Acrylic
This material should be used by people who want their epoxy logo stickers to remain on a particular surface for a long time as this adhesive cannot be removed easily. The only drawback of using such a material is that it does not stick well on plastic.
- Acrylic blends
This is the best type amongst all of 3 types as it sticks well on all kinds of surfaces and can be removed easily as well so if you want to stick temporary custom epoxy stickers on a surface then you should use this material.
Note: Adhesives are mostly used by people who manufacture custom epoxy stickers on a small scale or by people, who create custom epoxy stickers in their homes. Most factories tend to use a certain type of chemicals as an adhesive in the development of epoxy resin stickers as well as for epoxy dome stickers
The manufacturing of epoxy stickers is a hectic process and is mostly carried out in factories.
The procedure for manufacturing epoxy resin stickers is mentioned below.
- The first step begins with liquid polyurethane resin. This chemical plays a major part in the manufacturing of epoxy labels, as it provides the guarantee which states that you can easily use your epoxy stickers for a period of 5 years.
- This chemical is drained out slowly from the drum in which it is kept and is poured down into a dispensing machine. The dispensing machine has dispensing needles inside it due to which it can be configured according to the layout of the epoxy sticker’s sheet that has been presented to it. A CNC controlled machine is also used in this process as it moves the needles to the positions on which they are needed.
- The resin is ejected by the needles onto the epoxy dome stickers. This chemical starts to spread in all directions until it gets to the end of the epoxy dome stickers. Due to the surface tension, the resin is restricted from going beyond the epoxy dome stickers and only remains within its body.
- A catalytic reaction also has been initiated and now the resin has started to become hard. After some minutes, the stacking of epoxy dome stickers on the tray has also been started.
- The epoxy resin stickers are left overnight for curing and would be delivered to the customers on the very next day.
There are various kinds of final stickers that are available in the market.
- Recycled epoxy stickers: These are a type of stickers that are 100% developed from recycled material. These are also known as custom epoxy stickers as they can be made according to the preference of the customer. These custom epoxy stickers are not oil and water-resistant due to which they can be only be used on a limited number of surfaces.
- Photo stickers: These are epoxy stickers that contain a photo of your choice in the front due to which you can promote your brand or improve your standing in society. This kind of epoxy stickers has an adhesive on their backside due to which it can be attached to several surfaces such as mags, lockers, laptops, bottles, etc.
- Epoxy dome stickers: Epoxy dome stickers have a clear plastic coating on the top of the stickers. Epoxy dome stickers can be applied on lapel pins as well as on challenging coins. These epoxy dome stickers have a shine on them and are protected from damage due to the epoxy dome that has been used in their manufacturing.
- Epoxy resin stickers: Epoxy resin stickers are the ones that use resin as adhesive in their manufacturing. Epoxy resin stickers are usually of great quality and they tend to last for a long period.
Application
There is an uncountable number of ways by which you can use epoxy stickers.
One such way of its usage is that if you own a company and you want to market a particular product of it then you can get yourself some custom epoxy stickers that would show a glimpse of the product that you want to market. You can attach these custom epoxy stickers to various surfaces such as mugs, key chains, pens, etc, and send these to various influential people due to which your promotion of the brand would immensely increase.
Conclusion
All in all, epoxy stickers provide you with a way in which you promote yourself or your company in a simple and effective way. There are various kinds of its available in the market so choose the one that suits you.
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