Is Dishwasher Safe Vinyl Available – Bread Boards

[Denise Goodfellow]

I’d make a stencil the roll or sponge screen printing ink on the, then peel off the stencil before it fully drys

[David Mitchell]

thanks denise. a stencil would be easily made . I really cant understand why he wouldn’t just have them stamped like the rest before they arrive.

apparently the supplier told him everyones using stickers now!

[Ewan Chrystal]

Surely stickers would get damaged when chopping on them

[Robert Lambie]

quote Denise Goodfellow:

I’d make a stencil the roll or sponge screen printing ink on the, then peel off the stencil before it fully drys

I would go with Denise on this one. I remember working in a bakery for 18 months when i was a lad… i remember the large industrial washers the boards etc go thru and the abuse they got.
Paint will flake and probably not take to that plastic surface. vinyl may stick initially to a new plastic basket but off in jig time. the boards back then were wood, but from memory where also painted.

Screen Ink from the likes of Apollo Inks will go miles when you mix with thinner.
the ball ache is the stencil in vinyl, then peeling so many.
i would look at having some form of template made and spray the ink on. Ink dries in seconds. i think if you made a jig up that you could place over the area being sprayed and make sure its a proper mist of ink, not heavy, once or twice over it and onto next.
several ways to do it if doing loads…

have a local auto spray shop sell you aerosol cans with "you ink" in them.
use a hobbyist Air Brush
use a spray gun with compressor.

consistency of ink must be right, so keep it almost milk like.
ive used the spray can method a good few times when doing small things as i cant be bothered setting up our spray guns etc and we have a auto paint place in our industrial estate so is convenient. no paint as its your ink they are using. could be an idea?

the issue i see those is the stencil will be small and will have to lay dead flat and the spray mist thin to prevent bleed of the ink under stencil. which is why denises option of the spray mask vinyl template is really best, but tedious task if in high volume.

best of luck.

[Colin Crabb]

Out-of-the-box idea – Have a pyrography stamp made and melt the logo / name into the plastic 😮

We had a stamp made ages ago for local woodworker that wanted to stamp bread boards.

[David Mitchell]

cheers guys, im no stranger to spraypainting rob as done that when i left school, again individual stencils will be a nightmare.

British Bakeries , their baskets end up everywhere, ironically enough have a basket tracking system, barcode sticker which stays on for a while.

and colin.they normally come with a melted in name infilled with ink, i cant understand why hes buying them in blank. Although he is my father-in-law so maybe hes trying to give me a turn . I think il look into a stamp.

[Denise Goodfellow]

If it has a flat area you could screen print them, or pad print.

A small screen will only cost £15, a local screen printer could expose the screen for you, make sure they use emulsion suitable for the ink you are going to use.

It might be more economical to farm it out.

What about making a stamp and use screen printing ink, my step son used this method to produce business cards for his t shirt company

[Tim Cowlishaw]

theres a label which is used for tyres Think its called Fast tyre
Not sure if this may work