Sublimation Process

Metal Cladding can supply a variety of processes that can be used to protect and decorate your product:

The sublimation process is a two step process. In the first step, the product being decorated is powder coated for protection and durability of the finish. In the second step, a pattern is transferred from a specially printed film to the surface of the powder coat by the process of sublimation. The result is an appearance that offers manufacturing advantages of metal, composites, and other durable materials; with all of the beauty of wood, stone, and a myriad of other patterns.

Apply sublimation finishes to metals, composites, glass, ceramics, woods, plastics, etc. Surfaces can be 2 or 3 dimensional in shape.
• extrusion
• Wall panels
• Floor gratings
• Heater covers
• Handrails
• Wall panels
• Tables & Chairs
• Electrical plates & fixtures
• Boat interiors & fixtures
• RV interiors & fixtures
• Store fixtures
• Doors, windows
• Sporting equipment
• Etc., Etc., Etc.

Decorations available are an exhaustive list of wood grain, stone, and fantasy patterns. There are hundreds of stand patterns and special patterns can be developed to meet your requirements. All that is needed to produce a new pattern is a digitally reproduced image. For examples of pattern types, click here.

Quality & Testing. Materials used in the sublimation process have been submitted to a number of third party testing organizations. The results verify that the finish shows superior resistance to chemicals, UV exposure, salt spray, and many other environmental hazards. To view some of the test result, click here.