How To Print Optilux 505 & 507 Reflective Inks

Our Optilux™ Direct Print Reflective products have been one of our most popular special effects inks due to their versatility as a stand-alone special effects ink and their ability to be incorporated as a design element with other inks as part of a print design.

Recently, we have received a number of inquiries as how best to print our Optilux™ inks to achieve the maximum reflectivity. Here is our product manager, John Hatcher, with a more detailed how-to on these reflective inks…

New Optilux 507 Enhanced Reflective Ink

International Coatings Company™ is excited to introduce its new Optilux™ 507 Enhanced Reflective Direct Print ink. The Optilux™ 507 Enhanced Reflective combines the appearance of a superior silver metallic shimmer during the daylight hours with the enhanced visibility of a reflective ink in low light situations when exposed to a direct light source.

Printing Reflective Inks

One of the hottest new looks out there today is made by using reflective ink. In the past, this was hard to accomplish since the available inks were either multipart water base or hard to use plastisol that did not seem to reflect very well. International Coatings has developed one of the most unique plastisol reflective inks on the market today. Here’s how it’s done…