Online Labels Forum

I'm using one of your weatherproof opaque inkjet products, OL177WJ, to make labels for an electronic product. The label must be cut to exactly match a shallow recess in the top of the plastic product case. Despite this recess, however, I'm finding a slight curling at the edges of the label, days after it was applied. This may have to do with temperature changes because the case may have experienced cooling down to 45 degrees, and warming to the 80s, through a variety of humidity conditions. These were not extremes, however, and I will need the labels to be immune to these temps and hopefully beyond.

Another more likely culprit is that the plastic cases have a granular matte like finish, even inside the recessed area where the labels would go. In my opinion this is a bad choice on the part of the case manufacturer, but I can't change it. This finish probably makes it impossible to get really good surface contact to the adhesive, and of course there is only a limited amount of mechanical rubbing you'd want to do to press the printed label onto the surface..

So what would you recommend in a case like this? I thought of preparing the plastic case with a top coat of a Krylon gloss spray product. But that would fill in some of the recessed area and defeat my purpose, by exposing the label edges to handling. Maybe there is some kind of light adhesive I can add around the edges before pressing the label into place?

OK thanks! That's good to hear! I don't mind the slight extra time for now. I just wanted to make sure I'm choosing glue that is compatible, and won't attack either the existing adhesive or the label material itself.

Super glue probably would be a mistake, because any slight positioning error would be fatal.Craft glue sounds better. I'll let you know how it works out.

You really should ask the web designers to provide the ability to add photos to these messages. On several occasions I've wished I could illustrate an issue with a picture instead of 1000 words (LOL).