Natron™ MG Series ink
FOR SCREEN & PAD PRINTING
Metal, glass, ceramics, and hard plastics.
The MG Series inks
The MG glass, metal, ceramic printing ink. Natron™ MG Series screen and pad printing ink for metal is a two component screen printing and pad printing ink for glass, metal, ceramics, and hard plastics items. Examples include stainless steel mugs, aluminum bottles, ceramic mugs, beer samplers, etc. The MG series inks are used in promotional, medical, toys, drink-ware, and industrial applications. Typical application includes, pens, growlers, water bottles, and glass cases. Industrial applications include blades for tools. Promotional, medical, toys, and drink-ware industries also use the MG ink.The Natron™ MG Series pad printing ink for glass is an easy-to-use for printing onto metal, glass, ceramics and hard plastics. It is a fast-curing opaque glass ceramics and hard plastics ink series with superior mechanical, weather, and chemical resistance to alcohol, acids, and alkali on metals, glass, ceramics and hard plastics compared to any other ink in the industry today.
MG Series Ink mixing instructions
The two-component MG series screen and pad printing ink for metal is easy to work with. The screen and pad printing ink for metal can be used for both pad printing and screen printing onto glass, metal, ceramics, or hard plastics. To print your product, mix the MG series ink (A) with the i-240x catalyst (B), print and cure the product. The catalyst ratio range is 5 – 30% depending on the product. We recommend 10% for almost all applications. For every 20 parts of the ink (A) add 1 part of the catalyst (B). Mix the ink and the catalyst. Add 5 - 20% of the TSM, or TF, or TSS Solvent to alter viscosity.
Drying and curing printed products
Generally the following drying times are applicable:
The printed product can air dry at 68°F: 20-30 seconds. Heat drying at 175°F: Approximately 3 -5 minutes Full curing at 68°F: 24 hours. This is dependent on the type of solvent used.
The final hardening of the ink is obtained after 24 hours. If the printed products require exceptionally high-water resistance or resistance to other substances, the ink should be baked at 284° F for 15-30 minutes. Please note drying times are substrate specific. (Safety caution! Wait for the heated product to cool down before touching).
After full cure try to bend, scratch the printed product. We guarantee that the print (ink) will not crack or rub off the product. This is the reason the MG series screen and pad printing ink for metal is perfect for printing onto metal, glass, ceramic or hard plastic products.
MG pad printing ink for glass solvents
Use TF, TSM, and TSS Solvents to alter the viscosity. This is if the mixed ink is too thick for a specific application. Type TF is a fast drying thinner, Type TSM is the medium evaporating solvent, while the TSS is a slow evaporating solvent ideal for screen printing. All the solvents are environmentally friendly. They have zero VOCs and will not affect the adhesion of the printed products.
Pad printing ink for glass substrates
The MG metal ink is formulated for printing on metal, glass, ceramics, and hard plastics. Examples include glass panes, glass bottles, ornamental glasses, ceramic tiles, ferrous-metals, non-ferrous metals, anodized aluminum, thermosetting plastics, chrome-plated parts.
Typical applications are Stainless Steel Mugs, ceramic Mugs, Glass Bottles, Coated Metal Parts, Cosmetic Bottles, Light Bulbs, Faucets, Stainless Steel Mugs, Coated Metals, Pens, Promotional Items, Automotive Knobs and Buttons, Hard Hats, Containers, Coins, powder coated bottle openers, Lapel pins, Metal business cards, Fiesta Medals, Sports pins, etc.
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MG pad printing ink for metal compliance:
CPSIA is an acronym for Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. was awarded this certificate as a symbol of compliance for its pad printing ink for metal. This in turn should give you printing confidence. We make the best metal, glass, ceramic, and hard plastics printing ink in the world free of heavy metals. In addition, our goal is to make the best and the safest inks for the industry, now and in the future. The purpose of this is twofold.
- To formulate screen printing and pad printing inks that are safe for printers.
- And to make inks that are safe for end users of the printed product.
CPSIA certification. CPSIA Certification means the issuance of a written Children’s Product Certificate (CPC) in which the manufacturer certifies that its children’s product complies with all applicable children’s product safety rules (or similar rules, bans, standards, or regulations under any law enforced by the Commission for that product.)
A company is expected to do third party testing of its products. This is the basis for children’s products certification. Once the product passed the third party testing, then the third party testing laboratory provides the results and certification. However, it does not issue the children’s product certificate.
Glass, metal and ceramic printing challenges:
Today, there are many metal, glass, ceramic or hard plastics printing problems. Printing on metal or glass or ceramic poses many challenges to professional printers. As a result, the printing experts have many questions. Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. has come up with innovative solutions. First, let’s explore the challenges and finally offer solutions to these challenges.
The challenges:
Some of the key challenges when printing on silicone are:
- Translucent/ Not Opaque ink – ink opacity affects the ability of colors to blend with each other, as well as how much substrate shows through the print. The more opaque an ink is the better it will cover a dark substrates. When pad printing with translucent inks printers have to double hit a print. This not only slows down productivity but also increase ink usage. The MG Series screen and pad printing ink for metal solves this problem. Printers can use the 20 high opacity colors or create their own custom colors with 12 mixing colors.
- Lack of glossy printing ink – This impacts the final customer. Unhappy customers translates to bad reviews or lost revenue for printers. All the MG series metal inks have high gloss.
- Consistent ink quality – This makes it hard for printers to use existing mixing ratios, printing speeds, color matching etc. MG series ink for printing onto glass are consistent from one batch to the next.
The MG series pad printing ink for glass solves these metal, glass, ceramics, or hard plastics printing problems. This ink help reduce inefficiencies, wastage, and higher productions costs. Labor and production material costs go up due to the metal printing ink. At minimum production costs for printing metal or glass, or ceramics, or hard plastics is about 30% higher. Poorly formulated metal printing inks cause all these challenges and inefficiencies. Yet, decorating companies continue to use poorly formulated inks. This is because they did not have an alternative.
Pad printing ink for metal solutions
Meet the Natron™ MG Series pad printing ink for glass, metal, ceramics, and hard plastics ink line from Boston Industrial Solutions. This metal, glass pad printing ink is formulated to solve all customer printing pain points in the printing process.
We spend over 1,000 hours studying customer problems. Our approach was simple. To create an innovative and advanced metal-glass-ceramic ink for screen and pad printing.
The MG™ series pad printing ink for glass, is a two component ink that is easy to use. The pad printing ink for glass is very easy to mix and use. Simply, add the catalyst and solvent to the ink. Mix it. Print your product. In addition, the inks are free of heavy metals giving you a peace of mind that there are no strange materials in the ink. The Natron MG metal-glass-ceramic ink is very opaque. You just pad print once! These features save time, labor, and the amount of ink used for printing.
Additional solutions:
- Our containers are uniquely designed to enable users to use all the ink in the can. This design prevents ink spillage or wastage.
- Mixing instructions guide in multi languages: English, Spanish, Chinese. The mixing guide contains easy to understand mixing, printing and drying instructions. The mixing guide provided to you for free. You can download the guide on our website. It is also included as part of every order.
- Because we know that customers face the challenge of determining if the product that they have is real silicone, we offer a free testing lab. Send your product to us, and in less that 24 hrs, we will provide you with a complete report on the product and a solution for your product.
- 24/7 access free to our ink specialists. Call us today +1 (781) 281 -2558 or send us an email by clicking here.
- High gloss and opacity
- Resistance to weather elements
- High abrasion resistance
- Excellent chemical resistance
The MG Series inks
The MG Series ink is a 2-component ink for screen and pad printing onto metal, glass, ceramics, and hard plastics. The prints are opaque and have a glossy finish. MG Series inks have excellent adhesion, rapid cross-linking, improved abrasion and weather resistance when cured with heat after printing. The prints are also dishwasher safe, have superior mechanical and chemical resistance to alcohol, acids, and alkali on metals and hard plastics once heat cured.
MG series ink line is available in 46 colors. The colors consist of 20 high opacity standard colors, 12 color matching (mixing) colors, 6 neon (fluorescent) colors, 4 metallic colors and 4 (CMYK) process colors.
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ink additives designed to:
| I – 240x HARDENER 5% – 30% of Inks weight | TF SOLVENT 10 – 20% of inks weight | TSM SOLVENT 10 – 20% of inks weight | TS3 SOLVENT 10 – 20% of inks weight |
- MG Series Inks Color Card
- MG Series Inks Printing Instructions
- MG Series Technical data sheet
- CPSIA Compliance
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- High gloss and opacity
- Resistance to weather elements
- High abrasion resistance
- Excellent chemical resistance
The MG Series inks
The MG Series ink is a 2-component ink for screen and pad printing onto metal, glass, ceramics, and hard plastics. The prints are opaque and have a glossy finish. MG Series inks have excellent adhesion, rapid cross-linking, improved abrasion and weather resistance when cured with heat after printing. The prints are also dishwasher safe, have superior mechanical and chemical resistance to alcohol, acids, and alkali on metals and hard plastics once heat cured.
MG series ink line is available in 46 colors. The colors consist of 20 high opacity standard colors, 12 color matching (mixing) colors, 6 neon (fluorescent) colors, 4 metallic colors and 4 (CMYK) process colors.
- MG Series Inks Color Card
- MG Series Inks Printing Instructions
- MG Series Technical data sheet
- CPSIA Compliance
Find everything you need to print on silicone rubber products in one location. We've got what you need right here
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Auxiliaries
ink additives designed to:
| I – 240x HARDENER 5% – 30% of Inks weight | TF SOLVENT 10 – 20% of inks weight | TSM SOLVENT 10 – 20% of inks weight | TS3 SOLVENT 10 – 20% of inks weight |