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What could be a possible contender for the following opportunities: a promotional product, a personalized gift, a corporate favor, a giveaway, tradeshow items, or more? Consider a candle. A candle is a versatile product, with its vessel serving as a blank canvas for a multitude of different uses. Brand your company with a candle or offer customers the ability to personalize their candle with photorealistic images, true to tone.
From home to home, candles brighten and offer warmth and invitation. Candles can add a personal touch for both the gift giver and the gift receiver alike. As a gift that offers both light and thoughtfulness, candles can be enjoyed by anyone. In today’s world, candles even come in allergen-friendly varieties, allowing those sensitive to smoke to enjoy the beauty and scent of a candle with a little help from electricity and a candle warmer.
Methods for decorating custom glass candle holders varies, let’s explore the different processes further.
Candle holders come in a variety of shapes, but there are a few that are most common. The first that likely comes to mind is the straight-walled vessel with a thick glass base. Next would be those resembling mason jars or other assorted jar shapes. But in 2024, candle holders can vary greatly to differentiate themselves.
Typically made from glass, metal, or ceramic, candle holders are often crafted from heat-resistant materials to withstand the high temperatures they may experience. As glass candle holders are one of the most popular materials, we will explore that in further detail today.
Similar to drinkware, candle holders can be decorated in several ways. Unlike drinkware, candle holders do not require strong adhesion properties since they do not undergo repeat rinses in the dishwasher. Another area to consider that differs from drinkware, is the fact that candle holders can be decorated before or after filling the vessel with wax, depending on the operations.
Custom glass candle holders can be sublimated, heat-transferred, pad printed, digitally decorated, and decorated using various crafty methods at home. A popular and cost-effective method for decorating candle holders is using adhesive labels. Businesses can benefit from adding custom glass candle holders and candles to their product offerings, especially if they are looking to enhance their business experience, such as by enabling customers to snap a photo and print it instantly on a candle holder in real-time. Expanding product offerings can result in increased revenue and a cherished experience.
Utilizing stick-on labels remains an economical and straightforward method for embellishing candle holders. Clear labels, when applied, give the appearance of being directly decorated onto the glass, offering users the flexibility to peel off the label and reuse the vessel. Nonetheless, removing labels can occasionally prove challenging. Therefore, it’s essential to accurately anticipate and print the required quantity of labels for the candle holders, as miscalculations may lead to underestimation or overestimation.
Dye-sublimation involves heating sublimation paper, which has a unique polyester coating, at an elevated temperature to make it adhere to a substrate. For the process to be effective, the substrate needs to be coated with polyester. When heat is applied to the paper, the ink transforms into a gas and forms a permanent bond with the product’s surface, making it a strong contender for decorating candle holders.
Another cost-effective method for decorating cylindrical vessels is pad printing. Adhesion can be enhanced with the proper ink for glass when it comes to pad printing.
The options for decorating glass candle holders are vast. Traditional methods like dye-sublimation result in excess waste, while pad printing is limited to single or few color prints. Screen printing with mixed inks often requires a hardener, limiting ink lifespan and generating more waste. The optimal solution lies in digital decoration, and for glass candle holders, there are numerous UV printers available.
To create custom glass candle holders with a cylindrical inkjet printer, one can offer customers full-color high resolution graphics as well as photorealistic images. The digital printing process converts a digital image or design and prints it directly onto a vessel. Specialized versions of digital inkjet printers, like cylindrical UV printers are for geared toward decorating straight walled and tapered products.
Inkcups introduces the Helix® line, tailored to accommodate various run sizes from one-offs to long production runs. All machines in the Helix® line can print stunning designs on candles and candle holders.
The Helix® ONE benchtop cylindrical printer is a compact solution with advanced features. Its motor-driven operation includes a fully automatic programmable tooling fixture & height adjust, coupled with a high-precision, robust linear drive. The segmented UV curing unit, controlled by software with an 8W power output, optimizes the curing process for superior results. Additional features include an automatic wiping station and a white and black sub-tank recirculating system. The Helix® ONE is an excellent entry-level UV printer for beginners as well as a dedicated machine per SKU of candle holders for busy production floors.
Inkcups’ flagship machine, the Helix®, is an industrial-scale cylindrical inkjet printer designed for straight-walled and tapered objects. With advanced printing capabilities, the Helix® produces high-quality and vibrant prints, ideal for glass candle holder manufacturers. Its user-friendly interface and easy-to-use software streamline production capabilities.
Positioned between the Helix® and the Double Helix®, the Helix®+ stands out with its distinctive design. This cylindrical inkjet printer is designed to evolve with your business, commencing as a single tunnel machine and seamlessly upgradable to a double tunnel machine as demand escalates. Achieve vibrant full-color CMYKWW+V graphics on a diverse range of substrates, enhanced by the standard ColorBoost feature for top-notch image quality at accelerated speeds. Elevate your glass candle holder decoration capabilities by incorporating the advanced capabilities of the Helix®+.
For those seeking double the output, the Double Helix® direct-to-object printer offers the same quality and print innovations at twice the speeds. It enables dazzling print designs with mirror print, Lustre Effect, tone-on-tone, photorealistic, and more. With photorealistic prints, customers can print photographs on candle holders!
For further reading, review our dedicated page to the application of digital printing on candles and candle holders: Applications as well as the blog articles: The Ultimate Guide to Candle Printing , Application Spotlight: Printing on Candle Holders , and How to Make Print-on-Demand Candles with the Helix®
To get started digitally decorating custom glass candle holders, contact your local sales representative today.
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