Coloured Bottles in Glass have a epoxy coating in either Gloss or Matt finish. The
Gloss finish can be an opaque not allowing much light to pass through and transparent
giving a different colour effect when the container is filled.
The colour is applied to clean glass and then fired for some 20 minutes at 180 degrees Centigrade to harden the coating. The coating is suitable for screen printing to be applied. The bottles will stand up to humidity in bathrooms, but are not suitable for dishwasher cleaning. They should not be stored in damp conditions for long periods as the surface coating will deteriate.
We cannot guarantee that your ingredients will not attack the coating. Please ask for a pre production test sample to check out.
Please do not try and stick a transparent sticky label on a Matt finish. It will show the bubbles and as the labels get older be worse.
The bottoms of most glass containers are not flat. Consider this when designing such labels and discuss with us when in doubt. Samples will not always be the same as Production batches as like everything else Glass does have tolerances and changes as the tool wears out.
Above all check out the finished product with accelerated testing to ensure everything is correct not only our supply.
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