Printing on a wine cork

Pollycat

Tybae40 wrote: »

There are several ways to do this. You can find a local vendor that produces copper dies and have them produce a copper plate for you. Ideally you would want to use a vector based program, like Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw, to produce the art. The size of the file should be around 45mm x 70mm, depending on the width of the cork (45mm is the standard length of a cork and 70mm is the average diameter of a cork). Producing these copper dies is relatively cheap. You can apply the ink by rolling the cork over the die. You can technically use any ink, but acrylic based is best, however it's pretty nasty stuff and only comes off with lacquer thinner. Afterwards, it's a good idea to spray the cork with a permanent fixative available at any local art store. It is not advised to use these corks to put into wine bottles unless they are treated, otherwise, you'll never get them out of the bottle. If you do put them into a bottle, do not apply the fixative. Instead let the cork sit upright for a few hours to let the ink dry and coat with a thin coating of lindseed oil.

I work for a wine cork producer, however we are geared toward commercial printing.

Necro post alert!!!

Are you aware that the poster you are responding to posted the cork printing question way back in March 2013?

I think they've probably been married a while now.

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(45mm is the standard length of a cork and 70mm is the average diameter of a cork).

That's a BIG cork! - 70mm circumference maybe.