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Introduction to Glitter Powder

October 5th, 2019

Glitter powder is made of PET, PVC, OPP metal aluminum film material of different thickness with extremely high brightness, electroplating, coating and precision cutting. The size of glitter powder can be produced from 0.004mm-3.0mm. The environmentally friendly ones are made of PET. Its shapes are quadrangular, hexagonal, rectangular, prismatic, etc. The glitter series is divided into laser silver, laser gold, laser color (including red, blue, green, purple, peach, red and black), silver, gold, and color (red, blue, green, purple, peach, red and black) magic color series. Each color system is equipped with a surface protective layer, with bright color, and has certain resistance and temperature resistance to mildly corrosive chemicals of climate and temperature.

As a surface treatment material with a unique effect, glitter powder is widely used in Christmas crafts, candle crafts, cosmetics, screen printing industries (cloth, leather, footwear—shoe materials, New Year pictures series), decorative materials (Craft glass art, polycrystalline glass; crystal glass crystal ball), paint decoration, furniture spray painting, packaging, Christmas gifts, toy pens and other fields, which are characterized by enhancing the visual effect of the product, making the decoration part concave and convex and more layered. Three-dimensional. And its high flashing characteristics make the decorations bright and dazzling and add brilliance.
There are also cosmetics, as well as eye shadow in the cosmetics field, as well as nail polish and various nail products have a wide range of applications. With the continuous development of science and technology, the application of glitter powder in various fields will become more and more extensive.

There are many types, colors and specifications of glitter powder on the market. The high-quality glitter powder is reflected in the following major indicators:

1. High brightness: distinguished from the brightness of the surface, the high-quality glitter powder has high brilliance, high brightness and obvious mirror effect.
2. The shape is unified: high-quality glitter powder, look at the shape of glitter powder under a microscope, the shape is regular, it is a standard hexagon, and there is no difference in size and powder.
3. Strong acid and alkali resistance: high-quality glitter powder, soaked in strong acid and alkali liquid for a long time, keep the color beautiful.
4. High temperature resistance: It can be cooked in a steaming manner. After the golden onion powder is steamed at a high temperature, it will be top-grade if there is no fading or partial fading. This method is mostly used to identify glitter powder used in glitter glue and nail polish.

PET, PVC glitter powder
The product is composed of a vacuum metal polyester plastic film, and its color layer is a thermosetting cross-bonding epoxy layer. It can produce a wide range of colors. It can be used for wood, paper, cloth, and metal through screen printing, coating, and spraying. , Leather goods, ceramics and other materials. Form special and eye-catching effects such as decoration or reflection. Glitter powder made of PVC is not resistant to high temperature (60℃), acid and alkali. The pet material glitter powder is resistant to high temperature (190℃), acid and alkali.

Metallic glitter powder
The product is composed of extremely thin aluminum foil, and its colored outer layer is a thermosetting cross-bonding epoxy layer. Glitter powder is suitable for many soluble materials and can also be applied dry. Metal glitter powder is an ideal material for plastic products, with a temperature resistance of 250°C and acid and alkali resistance.

Symphony series glitter powder
This product is a unique magical glitter powder, which does not contain metal components. However, due to the optical properties of the polymer film that composes the product, the product has metallic color changes and gloss, with obvious color changes. It is especially suitable for printing, craft industry, cosmetics, jewelry, so that the product has a changing appearance.

Laser series glitter powder
The product is made of imported high-brightness and high-color laser original film, coated and colored at high temperature, and cut by professional precision machinery to form a sequin with a uniform shape. The original film is generally environmentally friendly PET laser film. The price of laser glitter powder is higher. Because the reflective effect of laser glitter powder is better than ordinary glitter powder, it is generally used in injection molding, glass building materials and other industries to make it shiny See the surface.

The entire production process of ordinary glitter powder is divided into five parts, namely vacuum plating, high temperature coating and printing, material slitting, powder cutting, powder sieving and powder removal, and finally weighing, packaging, and shipping. The core process that determines product quality is the production link of high temperature coating and printing. This process will determine the brightness, high temperature resistance and solvent resistance of the glitter powder.

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