INEQS Coating Sprays provide a fast and convenient alternative to screen-printing cover coats and flux coatings onto ceramic decals.
They are particularly useful for small production runs, sample production or occasional jobs where preparing and cleaning a screen-printing frame would be time-consuming and inefficient.
Available Products
Lacquer Spray
Ready-to-use lacquer spray for ceramic decals requiring a protective carrier film before transfer.
Flux Spray
Ready-to-use flux spray for unfluxed ceramic toner decals requiring an additional flux coating before firing.
Advantages
- No screen-printing equipment required
- Fast and easy application
- Uniform coating layer
- Ideal for one-off jobs and small batches
- Perfect for 1 to 2 prints per day
- Saves preparation and cleaning time
- Suitable for sample production and test firing
Applications
- Porcelain Decoration
- Tableware
- Ceramic Tiles
- Glass Decoration
- Memorial Ceramics
- Enamel Decoration
INEQS Coating Sprays are the ideal solution when only a small number of decals need to be produced, eliminating the need to prepare and clean a screen-printing frame for every job.
Lacquer spray or flux spray?
The toner family decides. Fluxed toner can be coated with lacquer spray only: the lacquer burns out completely in the kiln and leaves no visible decal edge, with a slightly softer shine. Unfluxed toner always needs flux spray, because the flux is what fuses the pigment into the glaze. Flux gives a glossy finish, and the decal edge can show after firing; cover the whole decoration area or align the decal with an edge of the ware to avoid it.
How to spray an even coat
- Work in a well ventilated area, away from the kiln and the printer
- Lay the printed sheet flat and let the toner settle before coating
- Build the coat in several light, even passes rather than one heavy one
- Cover the whole printed area with a small margin, then let it dry fully before soaking
A coat that is too thin tears when the decal is soaked; one that is too heavy takes longer to burn out. Test on one sheet when you open a new can.
When to move on from spray
Spray is ideal for one to two prints a day, samples and test firings. Once you coat decals every day, lamination or screen printing costs less per decal and gives a more repeatable layer. See coating equipment.