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Necessary products for Polycolor: photosensitive anodized aluminium
 
 POLYCOLOR ® PHOTOSENSITIVE ANODIZED ALUMINIUM PLATES
 Product characteristics
  • One side anodized
    One side photosensitized (photopolymer coated)
    Produces one or more colours and silver images
    Processed with automatic machine
 Available thicknesses
  • 0.2 – 0.3 – 0.5 – 0.8 mm
 Finish description
  • Satin : semi gloss, medium reflecting
  • Matte : non reflective, dull or frosted appearance
 Available sizes
  • 254 x 305 mm – 305 x 508 mm
  • 508 x 610 m
 
 POLYCOLOR ® PROCESSING PRODUCTS
Polycolor product
 
 Polycolor ® dyes
They come premixed in two convenient sizes (100 ml or 250 ml)
Available colours : black, yellow, green, light green, blue, dark blue, red, Orange, gold, purple, brown, cyan , magenta.
 
 Polycolor ® stripper
Used to remove the resist coat after colouring.
 
 Polycolor ® Cleaner / diluent
Used for ink thinning or removing characters from the plate.
 
 Appli-pads
Lint-free cotton pads used to swab dyes onto the Polycolor ® plates.
 
 Liquid sealing concentrate
Used to seal all Metaphoto ® anodized aluminium products. Provides for long term durability of images formed in the anodic layer.
 
 Post sealing treatment & polish
Used to reduce requirement for clean-up after sealing and to provide a polish sheen on finished plates.
 
 
 COLORING DYES FOR POLYCOLOR ® PLATES
 Background colouring
  • 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 colouring
  • Polycolor ® resist : to add new colors, the Polycolor plate should be re-coated in a resist coating machine.
 
 
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