10 WAYS TO DECORATE A LIQUOR BOTTLE

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Do you want your product to look expensive and original, but do not know how to do it? We offer you 10 ways to decorate glass products, including decorating bottles for alcoholic and non-alcoholic products.

Of all the types of decoration you will probably choose one or more that can be combined, which should interest your consumers and will not hit you on the budget.

Also in this article you will learn the requirements for bottles for decorating (and in confidence we will tell you that such requirements are in fact only a couple) and familiarize yourself with the list of companies that are engaged in decorating in Ukraine, Russia and Moldova.

10 ways to decorate a liquor bottle

1. silk-screen printing (silk-screen printing)

Silk-screen printing with thermal enamels, ceramic inks is carried out on the clean or matted surface of the bottle. And to fix it, high-temperature firing of products is used (firing temperature is about 630ᵒ).

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Silkscreening takes place in three stages:

creating a stencil for each individual image or color;
transferring special paint to the surface of the bottle;
firing the bottle in the kiln.

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Benefits of silkscreening:

clarity of the image and inscriptions on the glass;
high resistance to mechanical (abrasion), chemical and temperature effects;
high print quality;
full-color decoration;
the possibility of detailed elaboration of small design elements;
silk-screening is possible on surfaces of almost any shape;
a wide range of inks for silk-screen printing;
possibility to use paints containing precious metals – silver, gold and platinum.

Silk-screen printing with inks containing gold or platinum is in demand to create an elite bottle design that would emphasize the premium and high status of the drink. In addition, silkscreen printing allows you to print precious metal with different effects, combine several shades and types of material.

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2. Printing with UV curing inks

One of the types of silk-screen printing, which can already be safely distinguished as a separate type of bottle decoration, is printing with ultraviolet curing inks.

UV ink printing requires neither high-temperature firing nor heating, as curing is instantaneous. That is why one of the advantages of this type of printing is the possibility of printing on the already painted surface of the bottle.

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Other advantages of UV-curable inks include:

possibility of applying full-color images to the glass;
environmental friendliness: no heavy metals in the composition and easy to dispose of.

3. Thermochrome printing

Decorating bottles with thermochrome printing involves the use of heat-sensitive inks that change their color or become brighter and more contrasting when cooled. Of course, such decoration will not be noticeable on the shelf, but if it is properly presented to its consumers, your product will stand out among competitors and provide maximum protection against counterfeiting.

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Thanks to printing with heat-sensitive inks you can create a unique and original design, emphasize individual elements of design, choose any color and shade of coating. Moreover, you can set the temperature of color change yourself.

4. Hot foil stamping

Hot foil stamping (foiling)is a technology for transferring an image or text onto a clean or painted glass surface using special foil under pressure. Foil can be selected based on your own wishes – you can choose from a wide range of foils of different textures, colors and textures, including glitter, holograms, matte finish and shimmer.

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Benefits of hot foil stamping:

the possibility of applying bright metallic inscriptions or drawings on painted glass, where high-temperature firing is inadmissible;
high image quality and clarity;
foil stamping is an excellent substitute and is cheaper than printing with expensive inks containing precious metals (gold and platinum).

5. Satinization – matting of the bottle

Satinization or satinizing is a chemical treatment (etching) of the glass surface, resulting in a matte surface. This is a very popular method of bottle decoration for any premium segment products: vodka, wine, cognac, champagne, liqueurs, tinctures, weak and soft drinks.

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A popular way of matting a vodka bottle is with a window through which the image applied on the back of the bottle will be visible. Due to the transparency of the vodka and this window, a lens effect is created and the image becomes three-dimensional.

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Patterned matting is often used for wine bottles – by applying a protective coating to the surface of the glass, a pattern can be created – a beautiful combination of glossy and frosted glass.

6. Coating – bottle coloring

Another trend in the decoration of glass containers is bottle coloring (coating). Complete bottle coloring is done by electrostatic and pneumatic spraying.

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It is also possible to partially or transiently color the bottle. The range of paints used for coating is very diverse, both in terms of types (water-based paints, epoxy paints, ceramic paints) and colors.

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Last season’s trend was blue wine bottles, and this year the demand among manufacturers is for glass bottles colored for food products (milk, juices, sauces, oil).

Consumers are increasingly paying attention to the environmental friendliness of products, and glass is known to be an environmentally friendly material that also looks presentable. That is why manufacturers have started to design glass bottles colored to match the corresponding food products: dairy and sour milk products, juices, ketchups, sauces and other food liquids. Such a bottle will really look presentable and can justifiably claim to be in the premium segment of products.

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Coloring a bottle due to its advantages is more profitable than producing a bottle from colored glass. One of the most important advantages of dyeing is the wide range of colors, shades and textures that can be applied to the bottle.

Any label can be glued on the painted bottle, or inscriptions and drawings can be applied using direct silk-screen printing. As a result, you will get a unique design, excellent workmanship and all this at a moderate cost.

7. Mirror coating on the bottle

One of the interesting and promising types of bottle coloring is the coloring of bottles with special “mirror” paints. The new technology allows to create the effect of mirror coating on the bottle surface, while the color and tone of the paint used can be almost any – the color range of “mirror” paints covers almost the entire palette of colors.

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The mirror-like surface of the bottle reflects light beautifully and attracts attention. And also such a bottle really looks exclusive, expensive, memorable and provides the manufacturer with protection against counterfeiting.

8. Tampon printing

Tampon printing is used when there is no possibility to transfer the image to the surface of the bottle by other methods. Tampon printing is most often used to decorate bottles with uneven and complex surface shapes.

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The technology of pad printing consists in indirect transfer of the image to the surface of the product using a metal or photopolymer printing plate. Further, the colors used are transferred to a special elastic pad or roller, which already prints the pattern on the surface of the product. The excess ink is then removed with a doctor blade and the surface is treated by etching.

As with other methods of printing on the bottle surface, pad printing technology covers a wide range of glossy and matte inks in a variety of colors. Pad printing inks are fast drying, non-fading, high adhesion (sticking) and high cohesion (setting).

9. Decoloring (decalcomania) of a bottle

The technology of decoloring consists in transferring the image to the surface of the bottle with the help of a specially made decal on the principle of a transfer picture. Images from the decal are fixed on the glass by means of pressure and high temperature. At high-temperature firing the decal picture is “soldered” into the glass surface, which makes the applied image very resistant to abrasion.

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10. Shrink labels

Heat sh rinkable labels are one of the most promising and dynamic trends in bottle design and decoration, used to increase the attractiveness of products. The label under the influence of temperature takes the shape of the bottle on which it is applied.

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Benefits of shrink labels:

the label completely adopts the shape of the bottle, which makes it possible to emphasize its unique design;
there is a possibility of both full and partial wrapping of the product.

Requirements for bottles for decoration, matting

There are just a few restrictions for glassware in terms of decorating companies:

glass bottles must comply with the mandatory requirements of GOST and technical conditions established by the state;
bottles must have documentation that certifies the quality and safety of the container;
In addition, the surface of the bottles must not have any defects (glass sticking, creases, wrinkles, double seams, indelible dirt, etc.).

As for the shape and size, glassware decoration companies assure that there are no limitations and bottle decoration can be on any surface (although many companies do not undertake the decoration of bottles of complex geometry). For 360 degree printing on the bottle surface, the maximum height of the product can be 37 cm, the maximum diameter of the product is 12 cm, and the minimum diameter is 2.8 cm.

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Most decorating companies take on decorating a round cylindrical shaped bottle, flat or oval shaped bottle.

The cost of decorating a glass bottle, according to decorators, is always individual and depends on the complexity of decoration (drawing on one or more sides), on the complexity of the shape of the bottle, on the number and composition of paints used (paints containing gold or platinum are much more expensive than paints of standard colors), and on the number of bottles produced (the larger the batch of decorated bottles, the less the cost of special grids, tooling and equipment changeover).

Companies that offer bottle decorating services

There are not so many decorating companies yet, and among them we can single out the obvious leaders – Danko Decor (Ukraine, Kharkov) and Glass Decor (Russia, Moscow). The companies have become leaders due to the fact that they were among the very first to start decorating, earned themselves a positive reputation and numerous portfolios. The companies are constantly updating their hardware equipment, which allows them to offer their clients new types and possibilities of decoration.

So, a list of glassware decorating companies:

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\t\t\tКомпания\t\t\t	\Services Provided	\t\t\tКонтакты\t\t\t
\Glass DecorCompany (Russia)	Services for creating a unique bottle shape, production and decoration of bottles for alcoholic, non-alcoholic and other products.\t\t\t\t\t\tDecoration: silk-screen printing, matting (satinization), coloring (koting), hot foil stamping, etc.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t	8 Bersarina St., Moscow, Moscow+7 (495) 989-20-80\t\t\t\ttE-mail:info@glassdecor.ru\t\t\t\t\t\t\tайt: https://www.glass-decor.ru\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\Danko DécorCompany (Ukraine)	Services for bottle decoration: multicolor silk-screen printing, matting, painting of glass surface, pad printing, hot foil stamping, etc.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t	\Kharkiv, Morozova str. Морозова 20\t\t\t+38 (057) 714 1447\t\t\tЭксклюзивные заказы\t\t\t+38 099 6666262\t\t\tex@dancodecor.com\t\t\tПромышленное декорирование стеклотары:\t\t\t+38 099 6666 363\t\t\t\t\tttara@dancodecor.com\t\t\t\t\t\t Industrial glassware decoration:\t\t\t+38 099 6666 262\t\t\t\t\t\ttposuda@dancodecor.com\t\t\t\t\tCite: https://dancodecor.com\t\t\t\t
\UnipakCompany (Russia)/UnipakCompany (Russia)	\Services for processing, decorating the surface of glass containers: silk-screening, satinization, coating, foiling, decoloring, shrink labels.	16, Solnechny Village, 2nd Branch, Krasnodar, tel.: +7 918-316-03-08, +7 989-800-13-20-20, e-mail: sales@up-group.ru\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\e-mail: https://www.up-group.ru\t\t\t\t\t\t.
\Shield Great(Russia)	\Bottle decorating services, screen printing, matting and coloring of bottles.	\Moscow, 55, Novoslobodskaya St., bldg. 1/t/t+7(499) 978 93 38/t/t/t+7(499) 978 40 40 25 38/t/t/t e-mail: shelld@shelld.ru\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\e-mail: https://shelld-great.ru\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Ukrainian DecorCompany (Ukraine)\t\t\t\t\t\t0	\Silkscreen printing, printing with gold inks, matting (satinization), full and partial coloring of bottles.	\Kiev, Volodymyrska street, 7 Volodymyrska street, office 1, phone: +380 662288203.
\Russian Decor Siberia(Russia)\t\t\t\t\t0	\Modern technologies of decorating glassware and ceramics: silk-screening on bottles of any shape, full or partial satinization, coating with organic and inorganic colors.	\{t/t/t/tg. Novosibirsk Plotinnaya St., 7, telephone: (383) 306-26-59, phone: (383) 306-26-59, 332-50-72, e-mail: sibdekor@ngs.ru\t\t\tbsite: https://sibdekor.com\t\t\t\t\t\t
\SaverglassCompany (France, representative office in Russia)	\Production and decoration of luxury glass bottles: creating an exclusive design and bringing it to life.	\Contact in Russia:22, Timur Frunze St., Moscow, bldg. 22, str. 1, office 4, tel.: (499) 245 1760 / phone: (499) 246 5717 / e-mail: mig@saverglass.com\t\t\t\t\t\tmak@saverglass.com\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t: https://www.saverglass.com\t\t\t.
\Exclusive AlcoCompany (Russia)\t/t/t/t/t/t/t	\Design, selection and decoration of glassware, including for alcoholic beverages.	\Moscow, 4th Roshchinsky proezd, 19, office. 701.tel.: +7 (495) 633-95-01/t/t/t+7 (495)633-95-02/t/t e-mail: info@ex-alco.ru. 4, Deryabin Ave., Izhevsk, tel.: +7 (3412) 609-774, e-mail: info@ex-alco.ru, website: https://www.ex-alco.ru/.
\Galexi Euroglass(Russia)\t\t\t\t\t0	\Bottle decoration: silk-screen printing, UV curing inks, satinizing, cootting.	\Moscow, V Viktorenko str. 5, pp. 1 Tel: +7 495 661 21 65/e-mail: site@geglass.ru Website: https: //geglass.ru.
\Slodes(Russia)	\Services for unique bottle geometry, label design and bottle decoration.	\t\t\t\tг. 5, Krasnodarskaya St., Domodedovo MO, p. 1, bld. 1 Tel: (495) 926-21-90/ e-mail: info@slodes.ru Website: https: //slodes.ru.
\SitallCompany (Russia)	\The company offers services for decorating products: painting glassware by pulverization and electrostatic disk, silk-screening with organic paints, hot foil stamping.	\The Smolensk region, Roslavl, 14 Ordzhonikidze st. Орджоникидзе, 14\t\t\tтел.: +7(48134)5-17-00\t\t\t+7(48134)5-17-09\t\t\tЕ-mail: commercial@sitall-1.ru\t\t\tСайт: https://sitallsmolensk.ru\t\t\t
\LUXOCHIMCompany (Moldova)	\Decorating glass bottles from the wine and spirits industry.	\Phone: +(373) 22 439 – 640 e-mail: luxochim@mail.ru\t\t\t website :https://www.luxochim.com\t\t\t
\Company “AURDECOR” (Moldova)	\Bottle decoration: silk-screening, gold printing, satinizing, coloring of bottles.	Tel : /+373 22/ 47-40-92/ Email: info@aag.md\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tE-mail: https://www.aag.md\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0

Summary

Decorating glassware, in particular bottles for alcoholic beverages, is becoming more and more popular. Decorating companies develop and offer manufacturers new ways of decoration or a unique combination of several methods of decoration.

With decorating gaining popularity, more decorating companies are appearing, and competition is getting tougher. However, the companies that have pioneered the decoration of glass bottles for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages already have vast experience, a rich portfolio, a large customer base and a positive reputation.

To maintain their competitive position, decoration companies are also forced to reduce prices and offer manufacturers cheaper methods of decoration. This gives alcoholic beverage producers the opportunity to decorate bottles not only in the premium segment, but also in the mid-price segment. In addition, decorating methods are beginning to be applied to bottles of non-alcoholic products: mineral waters and beverages.

If you are interested in bottle decoration and would like to develop a unique bottle design using decoration methods, contact us! We will create for you an exclusive image of your product, which will not just look expensive and premium, but which will favorably differ from competitors on the shelf.

Contact us: +38 (057) 760 26 05, +38 (099) 618 87 50, info@koloro.ua.