Metal and aluminium
Metals can be silk-screen printed. Metals include a wide range of varied supports such as steel, stainless steel, cast iron, aluminium, dural, nickel… and several surfaces states: varnished, painted, bare metals…
Selecting a series of silk-screen printing inks means looking for the specific characteristics of the inks applied: resistance to wear, hydrocarbons, bad weather, UV…
A few common applications: manufacturers’ plates, advertising items, industrial components, aerosols, cutlery…
Compatible inks
Tiflex offers two series of physical-drying solvent-based inks that are very frequently used: Urethal bi-component for better resistance to chemical wear, Epoxy EV bi-component for better resistance outdoors.
Tiflex also offers a mono-component series: XF260.
We recommend conducting confirmation tests under workshop conditions.
