anyone ever print/make magnets?

[ericheartsu]

looking for some tips, as well as maybe some advice on what type of material to use!

[Sbrem]

Easy to print, multi-purpose air dry inks. You can buy them pre-scored in shapes, or sheets, or off the roll. However, you should probably get them from Magnetic Attractions or one of the other larger magnet suppliers, it will be cheaper. A thickness or .030" is preferred by customers usually, but .020" can be had for less money, just a little flimsier...

Steve

[ebscreen]

Usually vinyl coated, we used vinyl inks. Fun stuff to print, easy too. But like Steve says, easier to farm
out, though most places use the thinner material and offset the front.

[ericheartsu]

Cool deal. i'm getting some roll material from my graphics supplier, but would be way more interested in where to get the sheets from.

Also, called Magnetic attractions, could not be nicer to talk with!

[ebscreen]

Watch the roll stuff, sheeting it yourself can lead to registration issues on multi-color.

Check out the Magnet King!

http://magnetking.com/

[royster13]

Over 50% of my sales are fridge magnets......And I can not imagine that you can buy materials and print them for what you can buy them from a supplier already made......I use TradeNet but there are lots of other suppliers out there.....Stouse, Gill Line, Magnet LLC, Bic, etc. etc.....95% of the ones I sell are 25 mils thick, full colour and have a laminated finish...I would be interested in seeing your math to see what your costs are....TradeNet prints them on an HP Indigo press, can do copy changes on the fly and has 800+ stock dies......

[Inkworks]

Usually vinyl coated, we used vinyl inks. Fun stuff to print, easy too. But like Steve says, easier to farm
out, though most places use the thinner material and offset the front.

Ditto on the vinyl ink.

I usually show customers the difference between the farmed out ones and the ones I print in house, and the price difference. So far most like the screenprinted quality. Except for full colour jobs.