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Ashtrays?

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ericheartsu:
Anyone ever have ashtrays printed before? i'm about to dive head first into my Sage directory to try and find them, but figured i'd ask here first!

printguy:
What are they made of? Plastic or glass?

ericheartsu:
usually plastic or ceramics or glass.

I'm assuming pad printing or etching is the way to go

Inkworks:
Pad printing with glass inks works pretty good, I usually try to print on the bottom side of glass ashtrays as, if they get a lot of use, nothing less than kiln-fired ceramic inks will stand up for very long.

If the bottom side is flat enough I'll silkscreen with pad printing ink loaded up with retarder as it gives a more opaque print without double or triple hitting.....Unless I can talk them into my pad-print etch ink, which is 90% of what we do, particularly on wineglasses.

printguy:
I cut my teeth on glass & ceramic decorating some time ago - screen printed on substrate specific machinary using ceramic pastes & then firing in large kilns. I have limited knowledge in regards to pad printing; I don't believe that plastic would be an issue, but you might possibly run into ink adhesion problems with glass or ceramic.

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