Pad printing golf balls is not only a fantastic way to customize these sporting goods, but it is also an excellent way to support a business or a cause. Golfers love to personalize their sporting goods from clubs to shirts to ball markers and even the balls. What are the best inks for pad printing on golf balls?
While most golfers do not think about it, the golf ball is quite an engineering marvel. There are three components of the golf ball: the core, the mantel, and the cover. Golf manufacturers tweak these three components for distance, speed, control, and feel. While all the components of a golf ball are interesting, for ink manufacturers and you as an ink user, the cover is the most interesting component. Our goal is to get the pad printing ink to bond to the outer material. Either Surlyn, a trademark of DuPont, or Urethane make up the golf ball cover. Unlike polypropylene which requires a PP primer, you do not need a primer to print on the outer cover of a golf ball.
Custom golf balls pad printing is a cost-effective option for decorating these sporting goods items. Pad printing, also known as tampo printing, is suitable for both short- and long-term production. With this printing method, it is possible to achieve a four-color image.
Additionally, this printing method offers flexibility, allowing for effective printing on the dimples found on the balls’ covers. To print multiple colors, use a two-color pad printing machine or four-color pad printing equipment. Other necessary pad printing supplies include silicone printing pads, pad printing plates, ink cup rings, pad printing solvent, and a pad printing fixture known as tooling. This combination allows the decorator to properly position and print the balls.
Custom golf balls allow users to personalize or group their names. Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc., offers pad printing machines for this application. We have single-color tabletop pad printing machines, such as the M100 pad printer. This machine is perfect for printing images with a diameter of three inches. For smaller prints, use the smaller 60-mm ink cup. Other pad printing machines for golf ball pad printing equipment include the M2150, a 2-color pad printing machine, or the M4150 pad printing machine. Lastly, for high-speed printing, we also offer automatic high-speed pad printing equipment. When paired with Natron® inks for pad printing on golf balls, these machines produce excellent prints.
Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. offers three inks for pad printing on golf balls. These inks are the BX Series, the EK Series, and the MG Series. Paired with the correct additives, these inks deliver crisp and durable prints. The BX, EK, and MG are the best pad printing inks for golf balls.
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