What is the Facestock of a Self-Adhesive Label

Facestock is the surface part of the self-adhesive label, it is the carrier of printed patterns and text.

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There are many types of facestock materials, such as paper materials, plastic materials, etc.

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Different types of facestock materials have different advantages, performance, and usage occasions.

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For example, paper surface materials are cheaper and easier to print, but are not resistant to water, oil, and heat.

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Plastic surface materials are more durable and suitable for outdoor applications but are more expensive and difficult to restore.

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If you want to know more about structure and applications of the self-adhesive label, read our article Self Adhesive Material: Structure and Applications

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Different Facestock Materials for Adhesive Labels

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PET Film

PET film is also named polyester film. It is characterized by high tensile and tearing strength, fine resistances of temperature, chemical and weather, it is suitable for outdoor and indoor use.

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Its colors cover transparent, translucent, white, black, and other colors. After aluminizing and corresponding treatments, PET film has a strong metal texture and is used for electrical and electronic labels.

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PET film is excellent for printing and processing, for which after a surface coating treatment, the paper is improved in ink adhesion and code printing.

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Color Choices

Transparent, matt transparent, glossy white, matt white, glossy silver, matt silver, glossy gold, brushed silver, brushed gold.

Thickness Choices

19um, 23um, 45um, 50um, 75um, 100um etc.

Surface Treatment Choices

No coating or Water-based coating. The alcohol-resistant and friction-resistant coating can be selected according to the customer's requirements.

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Products Feature

Environmentally friendly, waterproof, moisture-proof, tear-resistant, stiffness good, temperature-resistant, corrosion-resistant;

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Suitable for flexographic, relief, offset printing, screen printing, and other printing, good color reduction.

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The coated film can print fine bar code and two-dimensional code.

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Glue Choices

Hot-melt adhesive, water-based glue, solvent glue, removable glue.

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Back Paper Choices

Glassine release paper, kraft release paper, yellow release liner, art release paper, white release paper, PET liner.

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Product Application

It is widely used in information labels of daily chemicals, tableware, electronic and electrical appliances and mechanical products.

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PVC Film

PVC film is also named as polyvinyl chloride film. It is characterized by good printing effect, processing features and strong chemical resistance, for which the film can be used for a long time outdoors.

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According to different degrees of hardness, the film can be divided into hard and soft PVC.

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Color Choices

Transparent, glossy white, matt white, black, yellow, red, transparent blue, transparent green, light blue, dark blue, dark green.

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Thickness Choices

40um, 50um, 60um, 80um, 100um, 150um,200um, 250um, etc.

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Surface Treatment Choices

Uncoated

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Products Feature

Fabric waterproof, moisture-proof, wear-resistant, heat-resistant, flame-retardant, suitable for flexo, relief, offset printing, screen printing, and good color reduction.

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Glue Choices

Water-based glue, solvent glue, removable glue.

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Back Paper Choices

Glassine release paper, kraft release paper, art release paper, white release paper.

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Product Application

Widely used in electronic appliances, advertising materials, and transportation information labels.

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PP Film

PP film can be made into highly transparent, white, light, matte and metalized film after processing, among which the transparent PP has excellent transparency, for the label on the bottle body looks like no label.

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Surface Material types

Matt synthetic film, glossy synthetic film, transparent BOPP, glossy silver BOPP, hologram BOPP.

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Thickness Choices

38um, 40um, 50um, 54um, 60um, 68um, 95um, 120um, 150um, 200um etc.

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Surface Treatment Choices

Water-based coating

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Products Feature

Fabric is environmentally friendly, waterproof, moistureproof, tear-resistant and stiff.

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It is suitable for flexographic, relief, offset and screen printing with good color reduction.

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Glue Choices

Hot-melt adhesive, water-based glue, solvent glue, removable glue.

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Back Paper Choices

Glassine release paper, yellow release liner, art release paper, white release paper, PET liner.

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Product Application

Information labels are widely used in daily chemicals, industry, chemical industry, hanging tags, commercial advertisements, and food packaging.

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PE Film

Polyethylene film. For its good softness, the film can flatten well even on an irregular surface.

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With characteristics including good compression, and strong chemical and corrosion resistance, the PE film is widely used in cosmetics and daily chemicals. Commonly used colors are transparent and white.

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Surace material types

Transparent, glossy white, matt white.

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Thickness Choices

50um, 80um, 100um etc.

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Surface Treatment Choices

Water-based coating

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Products Feature

Fabrics have excellent dielectric properties and electrical insulation, high water resistance, oil and chemical properties, odorless, odorless, non-toxic, environmentally friendly, soft materials, good adhesion performance, and flexibility.

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Glue Choices

Hot-melt adhesive, water-based glue, solvent glue, removable glue.

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Back Paper Choices

Glassine release paper, yellow release liner, art release paper, white release paper, PET liner.

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Product Application

Widely used in cosmetics, shampoo, washing and other daily chemical labels with moisture and extrusion resistance requirements in the use process.

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Regular Paper

The regular paper mainly includes cast-coated, semi-gloss and woodfree paper, which are widely used in some industries such as food, medicine, advertising product identification, children's books, toys, etc.

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VIP Paper

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Thermal Transfer Paper

It is characterized by smooth but not reflective as well as fine absorbency.

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The barcode printer can transfer information only requiring less energy, the paper can prolong the useful life of the print head and improve the label's quality, for which it is a specialized paper for barcode printers.

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Thermal Paper

With the thermo-sensitive coat surface, the information such as required text, and barcode can be transferred through the print head to paper by heat.

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According to the base material, thermal paper can be classified into heat-sensitive paper and thermal synthetic paper. Heat-sensitive paper can be divided into eco-thermal paper and direct thermal paper.

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OTHERS

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Fragile Paper

It is characterized by surface smoothness, good printing effects, good ink absorbency and excellent security;

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Foam

It adopts better foaming EVA materials, which can offer good protection. The basic colors are white and black. The thickness is 1~5mm.

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Lamination film/matt lamination film: mainly used in laminating after printing. It can protect the ink as well as improve the printing texture.

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Conclusion

The facestock is depended on the printing way and your demands. The consistency of the glossy and color of face paper and uniformity of density decide the ability of ink absorbency.

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The chromatism and the coating intensity among the same group of printing materials decide the forming of paper dust and also influence the printing effect. There is no comparison between filming label material and paper label materials.

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As a professional supplier of self-adhesive label material supplier, we are glad to answer any other questions and solve your requirements. Please contact us if you need help with the self-adhesive label material.

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