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Necessary products for Metalphoto : photosensitive anodized  aluminium
 
 METALPHOTO ® PHOTOSENSITIVE ANODIZED ALUMINIUM PLATES
 Metalphoto group 1
  • Product characteristics :
    • One anodized side
    • One photosensitive side
    • Produce black and silver images.
    • Processed with automatic machine .
  • Available thicknesses :
    0.08 – 0.13 – 0.2 – 0.3 – 0.5 – 0.8 and 1 mm
  • Finish description :
    • Satin (midway between gloss and matte, medium reflecting )
    • Matte (non reflective – dull or frosted appearance)
  • Available sizes :
    • 254 x 305 mm – 305 x 508 mm
    • 508 x 610 mm – 610 x 1 016 m
 Metalphoto group 2
  • Product characteristics :
    • Two anodized sides
    • Two photosensitive sides
    • Produce black and silver images.
    • Processed with automatic machine.
  • Available thicknesses :
    0.5 – 0.8 – 1.6 – 2.3 – 3.2 mm
  • Finish description :
    • Satin (midway between gloss and matte, medium reflecting )
    • Matte (non reflective – dull or frosted appearance)
    • Brush (coarse, brushed with very visible directional scratch lines)
  • Available sizes :
    • 254 x 305 mm – 305 x 508 mm
    • 508 x 610 mm – 610 x 1 016 mm
 Metalphoto plus
  • Product characteristics :
    • One side anodized
    • One side photosensitive
    • Produces black images on a silver or colored background
    • Processed with automatic machine
  • Available thicknesses :
    0.3 – 0.5 – 0.8 mm.
  • Finish description :
    • Satin : semi gloss, medium reflecting
    • Gloss : lustrous, almost mirror
  • Available sizes :
    • 254 x 305 mm – 305 x 508 mm
    • 508 x 610 mm
 
 METALPHOTO ® PROCESSING CHEMICALS
Metalphoto products 
  • Developer : used to develop images
  • Fixer : used to fix images
  • Liquid sealing concentrate : use to seal all Metaphoto ® anodized aluminium products. Provides for long term durability of images formed in the anodic layer.
  • Post sealing treatment and polish : used to reduce requirement for clean-up after sealing and to provide a polish sheen on finished plates.
  • Image intensifier : to make blacker images. Used to improve readability of bar code labels, outdoor durability of black images and overall quality of black backgrounds.
 
 COLORING DYES FOR METALPHOTO ® PLATES
 Background coloring
  • Water soluble background dyes :
    • Each comes in a dry powder to be mixed with deionized or distilled water to make 3.8 L of working solution.
    • Available colors : gold, sunfast gold, rapid gold, copper , green, blue, rapid blue, red, brillant red, bronze.
  • Dye and Seal background dies :
    • Each comes in a dry powder mixture of dye plus sealing additive, to be mixed with deionized or distilled water to make up four gallons of working solution. Plates are simultaneously dyed and sealed.
    • Available colors : gold, copper, blue , red, purple, green, orange, yellow.
 Selective coloring
INSTACOLOR Dyes
  • Comes ready for use (100 or 250 ml bottle)
  • Can be used with Metalphoto ® resist treated-plates
  • Use Instacolor resist to coat Metalphoto ® plates (group I or II) and,
  • After processing, apply dyes to selective areas of the plate.
  • Available colors : black, yellow, green, light green, blue, dark blue, red, orange, gold, purple, brown, cyan, magenta.
 
 
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