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Silk screen painting on aluminum blanks for pots and pans
Q. Hi! I am trying a finish for aluminium cookware. We make the sheet in the first process and then we cut the aluminum sheet into different circles or diameters. I want to silk screen the circle of aluminum in four colours. Please tel me which silk screen ink will be used which can resist heat or what process I will have to adopt to obtain four coloured silk screen ink on the aluminum circle because after the coating is applied on the circle it has to be pressed under a hydraulic press which will give the aluminum circle a perfect shape of a pan or a pot. Please guide me how I can achieve these results?
Usman Tariqproduct designer - Pakistan
2007
A. I think that you have the cart in front of the horse. Finishing operations normally follow mechanical and or some chemical operations because of damage to the "finish" by those operations. I am not aware of any colored inks that are heat resistant, especially high heat like a frying pan.
James Watts- Navarre, Florida
2007
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