Mimaki offers new revolutionary UV curable inks for car wrappers

Mimaki’s latest UV curable inks offer car wrappers a revolutionary new way to upgrade the ride, according to a new company blog. It states that car wrapping has become more creative and experimental than ever before with the new UV curable inks. The current trends see vivid new textures, bright colours, and bold patterns adorning vehicles all over the world, which look to remain popular for years to come. However, the business of car wrapping is not new, on the contrary, it has been around since the 1920s. For many years tailor-made paint jobs, while cost prohibitive for most, ruled the market for vehicle customisation.

People were able to give their vehicles a full makeover with designs of their own choosing, and subtle and not-so-subtle effects or colours. These were often unobtainable from the original dealer, meaning that the customised vehicle was truly one of a kind. The process is simple. Wrappers use large-format roll-to-roll printers to print colours, designs and now textures, onto a vinyl film with an adhesive layer that is then fixed to the vehicle using a heat gun to trigger the adhesive. To transform the market, Mimaki realised that to save wrappers even more time and money, a new kind of method would need to be implemented.