Beautify the Ceramics with Decal Printing

Posted by Sanjeev Yadav
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Nov 14, 2017
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A decal is a design printed on a transferable paper that has an adhesive glue on its surface, which helps in transferring the design or decal to a surface. The decal printing is widely used for ceramics. A wide range of products made up of ceramic like the tableware, tiles, crockery, photo frames, pots, etc. are adorned by the way of decals. Different images, designs, and other patterns are printed on them, which are slided from the paper to the ceramics. Then water is squeezed out with rubber firmly. The designs on decals are printed with the help of a screen printer or lithography.
Some important facts about decal printing
•    It is used to beautify pottery, automobiles, plastic, and artifacts.
•    Justin Roth Shank is the name of the artist who has made this art more famous. He has explored this medium completely and has given new range to beautify the ceramic art.
•    The latest experiment in decal printing includes leather hard work, using iron- oxide laser decals and much more.
•    Ceramic decals are printed on the paper and on rubbing the paper, the heat so released makes the image to get transferred on the ceramics.
•    Decals can be printed in full colour and also available in white or clear vinyl.
•    The decals can be used on walls, window clings, floor, vehicles, and floors.

The decal printing is one of the most interesting ways to personalise the living room or bed room decor by adding text, personalised messages on the ceramics. Some of the options are Graffiti paper, rice paper decals, and custom decals. In the market, there are a wide variety of decals available for printing the ceramics. Before ordering decals, one should keep in mind the following points:
•    The decals should be free from lead.
•    The print size should be large and there should not be any cracks in the design.
•    To make the design more attractive, the cover coating of the decals can be stretched to give a perfect look.
•    The ceramic range on which most decals are printed is dinnerware, collection plates, tiles, tea sets, crockery, mugs, glasses, plates, pottery, etc.
The various types of printing techniques used for making decals are-
·    Inkjet
·    Laser
·    Offset
·    Embossing
·    Thermal printing.
   Screen printing
Thus, we can conclude that the beauty of decal printing is irreplaceable and it is always better to get the decal printing job outsourced to a highly-trained professional.

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