Print - Cut - Dome

Perfect print finishing using liquid resin doming.
Ennobles stickers, vinyl letters, signage, promotion articles, household appliances, furniture, ... with a unique 3D effect.

Recommended for:

- all Signmakers, who use Print & Cut
  systems
- Copy shops, who want to offer more
- ennobling of labels and stickers,
  vinyl fonts, pins, name plates,
  keyring pendants, promotion articles
  a. s. o.
- Vehicle and tribal graphics with
  3D logos and letters
- decorative design of furniture,
  electric and household appliances
  with 3D logos and letters
- premium signs with 3D letters,
  logos, pictograms (on stainless
  steel, brass, glass, plexiglass)
- representative signage of premises
  (in- and outdoor)

Product Info

Doming entitles a form of print finishing, where non yellowing clear liquid resin is applied with a special application gun on a printed label. The so called Doming (concavity) gives labels a unique 3D effect. The result is a flexible embossed label in noble look.

Especially computer made vinyl letters can be domed in order to reach a representative look. The crystal clear finishing out of polyurethane resin gives a soft permanently elastic sealing.

Advantages: self-adhesive on the back very high adhesiveness bendable and flexible noble appearance exclusive and durable product finishing lens shape with high concavity makes your 3D dome to an eye catcher durable, resistible, water- and abrasion-resistant in the interrelation of light and shade develops an effect, which lets the colors appear full and brilliant

How Doming Works

Step 1a:		Step 1b:		Step 2:
Inkjet printing of the decal sheets on special vinyl with OPOS markers		4 OPOS markers are necessary for contour cutting afterwards.		Contour cutting is done using a cutter with OPOS sensor, which recognizes markers and cuts decals exactly.
Step 3:		Step 4:		Step 5:
Weeding of contour cuttings on work surface from Starter Kit (surface is adherent)		Application of the resin with resin application gun from Starter Kit		After about 10 minutes drying time one removes possibly emerged bubbles with air bubble removal gun from Starter Kit Demo video

Starter Kit

Fig: Doming Starter Kit 75		Object	Description	Number
		A	Liquid Lens 75ml Resin Cartridges	12
		B	Static Mixers	12
		C	Doming Instructions CD	1
		D	Mixer Tips	6
		E	Work Surfaces 245 x 345 mm (stackable)	2
		F	Resin Application Gun	1
		G	Air Bubble Removal Gun	1

What Does One Dome Cost?

Production of a DIN A4 page with liquid lenses:

One lens is 1.6 x 3.3 cm and allocates an area of 4.15 cm2. On one DIN A4 page fit 75 lenses, which cover an area of 311 cm2. One milliliter resin suffices for an area of ca. 4.15 cm2. One resin cartridge contains 75 ml and costs 13.25 EUR. It suffices for ca. 311 cm2. One liquid lens costs ca. 0.18 EUR (without printing and vinyl).

Doming provides each Signmaker with new creative possibilities to ennoble vinyl letters, stickers and labels, whatever printing process was used.

- Pre drying time: min. 1 hour
- Warm: To ensure correct formation of
  each dome and allow the resin to
  cure - Optimum temperature is 25°C
- Ready for application after 24 hours
- Clean: To prevent dust contamination of
  the finished dome
- Cover the finished sheet of decals with
  the next work surface to protect the
  domes from dust contamination during
  the curing stage

- Dry: High humidity will adversely effect the
  doming process. Make sure that the room is
  dry (less than 45% relative humidity) and use
  a de-humidifier if necessary

 
RCS is an authorized distributor and dealer for Liquid Lens products and accessories.

Supplies:

Resin cartridges ,
Special foil, ...

Video

The Doming Process
(Video .wmv 20 MB)

Cutting Templates

EuroCUT / CoCut for Doming Accessoires (.zip)
Download