Classification and characteristics of aluminum foil

A kind of hot stamping material with metal aluminum directly calendered into a thin sheet, its hot stamping effect is similar to the effect of pure silver foil hot stamping, so it is also called fake silver foil. Due to the soft texture and good ductility of aluminum, with silver-white luster, if the calendered sheet, with sodium silicate and other substances mounted on offset paper made of aluminum foil sheet, can also be printed. However, the aluminum foil itself is easy to oxidize and darken the color, rubbing, touching, etc. will lose color, so it is not suitable for long term preservation of book covers and other hot stamping.

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A stamping material made of aluminum metal directly calendered into a thin sheet, the stamping effect is similar to that of pure silver foil, so it is also known as fake silver foil. Due to the soft texture of aluminum, good ductility, with a silver-white luster, if the calendered sheet, with sodium silicate and other substances mounted on offset paper made of aluminum foil sheet, but also for printing. However, aluminum foil itself oxidizes easily and darkens in color, and will lose its color when rubbed or touched, so it is not suitable for hot stamping on the covers of books and magazines that are kept for a long time.