The glitter that we sell is made from two totally different types of film. The Craft Glitter is made from PVC film and the Polyester Glitter is made from PET films. The iridescent line combines each PET and acrylic together.
The metallic glitters are made from film that is a single stable color.
The holographic glitter is made from film that already has the holographic quality. The identical goes for iridescent. The films are colored and handled earlier than they’re cut.
There are totally different types and sizes of machines which are used for cutting glitter. Most machines have blades that cut the glitter into both hex form pieces or square form pieces relying on how the film is fed into it. Different machines die-lower shapes from the film. With some machines, the hex shape flakes are fed in at an angle and sq. flakes are fed straight in. Totally different blade configurations are used based on the size of the flake.
There are completely different technologies used by different corporations of course.
his is an endless topic as there are so many variations between really good glitter and really bad glitter. First the film matters a whole lot. High-high quality film goes to provide you nice glitter…. or is it?
You may take great film and run it through a badly arrange machine and you will not get a clean cut. In the event you take a look at low-cost glitter, you’ll not only see that the flakes should not uniform in form, however you will see little flecks of film that should not be there at all.
Loads of bad glitters come from outside the US where they use low cost film and operate machines that are not well set up or have poor blades. Glitter from different international locations are additionally a wild card- is it really non-toxic or are they just saying so? Truth in advertising shouldn’t be the same around the world as it is right here within the USA.
Finally, there are coatings on films. For instance, in the event you purchase an affordable metallic glitter it most likely doesn’t have an epoxy coating (ours does). This could not matter too much in case you are utilizing it for simple crafts. Nonetheless, it issues so much if you’re utilizing it for flooring, boats and in solvents!