A kid with a toy in his hands gets attracted by the range of colors it has. Also, the mentioned details on it add to the beauty of the toy. The market is overflowing with a variety of toys.
Every toy contains multiple colors from a cartoon character to an airsoft gun. This type of painting involves a complex process to carve the details on the toy. The process that makes it possible is called Spray Coating and Masking. Spray Painting and Masking are two different aspects of painting an object.
These, when operated together, result in a wonderful end product. Spray coating and masking are simply possible on any type of toy. For instance :
- Action figures
- Animals
- Cars and radio-controlled
- Construction toys
- Creative toys
- Dolls
- Educational toys
- Electronic toys
- Executive toys
- Food-related toys
- Games
- Model building
- Physical activity and dexterity
- Puzzle/assembly
- Science and optical
- Sound toys
- Spinning toys
- Wooden toys
Spray Coating and Masking is a modern age technology for painting toys. With the help of the same, today, we are able to print with precision. Before we move ahead with different attributes of spray coating and masking, let us understand their meaning.
What is Spray Coating?
Spray Coating is a popular practice for painting an object or a surface. In this process, one uses air pressure to throw the ink/coating/ paint onto the surface. The most significant aspect of this mechanism is wide coverage. Thereupon, you can paint a larger area in minimal time with the help of spray coating.
The equipment required for spray coating includes-
- Spray Guns
- Inks/ Paints
- Spray Booth
- Object to be painted
Which challenges occur while painting toys?
A toy comprises various elements and each of these elements may be painted with a different color. Generally, painting each part of the toy is a tedious task. It is also difficult to paint the tiny details on toys. However different technologies exist for painting toys, but each of them has its limitations.
Some common challenges that occur while painting the toys are-
- Painting multiple colors: As you pay attention to a toy, you would know how many colors it consists of. Also, how each detail is highlighted with a different color shade. Printing a toy with multiple shades often becomes difficult as we can apply one color at a time.
- Time Consuming: For printing on the various region of the toy usually takes a lot of time. As it is a manual process, the operator uses the mask and spray simultaneously. Holding the mask properly and then spray painting the area and changing the mask to print different areas will be more time-consuming. To print again, some of the areas must be hidden and some areas must be exposed and continuous change over will be difficult.
- Printing on Textured Surfaces: Printing on textured surfaces is really a challenging part of printing. Once the part is spray coated, the ink must stick to the surface. Improper deposition of inks over surface area may lead to improper printing and will not give the right effect of printing on the textured surface. The printing inks used in this must be perfectly prepared and spray coated over the surface.
- Stringent Industry Norms: Toys printing is one of the most complaint industries in the world. We must follow all the difficult norms of toys for printing. While printing a toy, the chemicals, inks, paints, hardener, thinner and adhesion modifier everything need to be compliant with EN71 para 3 rules. According to the rules, it must not contain heavy metals and must be free from BPA. The toys are used by kids. If it contains toxic chemicals, it may lead to the death of the baby or different types of mental illness.
What are the top 4 reasons to choose spray coating and masking technology for painting toys?
- Painting the tiniest area and the edgy areas.
- Direct Ink Reach
- Printing with Precision
- Manual Process & Wide Coverage
- Painting the tiniest and edgy areas: Precise printing on the edge of toys is difficult. These critical areas are not easily accessible. It needs a lot of engineering capabilities and engineering designing efforts to fulfill the market need.
Melting the metals and bending them to form a shape that fits the part edges needs precise machining capabilities
Spinks Worlds inks are opaque enough to stick the metal and plastics toys even in an edgy area.
2. Direct Ink Reach: Masking, then spray coat the toys with the spray gun to paint the area on which opaque printing is required needs a perfect mask, the right spray gun and the closed chamber. Spinks World provides a spray coating booth for these typical applications where direct ink reach is almost next to impossible. It helps in creating a better product with minimal loss of inks.
3. Printing with precision: Printing with precision needs a high-class mask, designed and crafted well with perfect machining capabilities. The skilled labor who can handle the mask and spray gun. We will train your operator. Automate the spray coating process with our high-speed and precise spray-coating machines.
Our belief is to make the process easy and automated according to the requirement of customers and production requirements.
Precision is our forte. It may be a high-speed production line or a manual process. We create a reliable system for printing your critical part.
4. A manual process with wide coverage: In most cases, masking and painting are manual processes as they are challenging to paint on products.
Some specialized toys are masked and spray-painted to make them a perfect product.
Examples like the edge of bus toys, baby toys’ hair needs to be printed with varieties of shades