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Foil Surface Test Pens

£112.00 ex.VAT

Use these specialist foil surface test pens to identify whether your substrates are suitable for post-print applications such as hot foil stamping. Eliminate potential moisture problems before application of your post print substrates and help save unneccessary preparation and wastage costs. These high quality branded pens, made in the UK, offer the best results on the market within the workability range of foil blocking on packaging materials. Pack contains Dyne pen levels 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42.

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SKU: 30-072 Category: Foiling Accessories

Product Description

These specialist dyne pens identify whether substrates are suitable for post-print applications such as hot foil stamping (and/or glues and coatings). In summary, for best adhesion results it is necessary to have a high surface energy on the substrate you’re applying to. Measuring the surface energy is sometimes referred to as corona testing (with corona pens) or surface tension testing.

Profoil offers the optimum pen levels for achieving the best results of surface energy testing within the workability range of hot foil stamping applications on packaging materials.
Dyne Technology pens provided exclusively from Profoil have a unique valve tip applicator, unlike other brands which offer a basic “felt tip” style pen. This in principle provides the best and most accurate results by eliminating wicking from substrates and potential cross contamination of tests, and therefore we recommend Dyne Technology branded pens for consistent, accurate results.

When the foil surface test pen fluid is applied to the substrates surface, the liquid molecules will either form a continuous film on the surface or shrink and breakup to form small droplets. If the test fluid remains as a continuous film for 3-4 seconds, the test concludes that the substrate does have the minimum surface energy of the Dyne ink value which was tested. However, if the fluid instantly contracts and separates into droplets, then the surface energy of the test substrate is lower than that of the Dyne ink value applied. To obtain the exact surface energy (Dyne level) of a substrate, you should use a range of Dyne test pens and increase/decrease in Dyne values.

Testing of substrates for hot foil stamping is an excellent tool for information gathering on problematic scenarios when undertaking repeat or large production runs. Testing both positive and negative substrates can identify changes in materials, inks and pre-manufacturing processes before hot foil blocking production is attempted. Contains Dyne pen levels 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42, with 36-38 being Profoil’s known ideal dyne level for hot foil stamping (always validate independently with positive testing too).

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We offer UK and worldwide delivery services using DPD, DHL and TNT International Express.
When placing an order, please view your available delivery options which are calculated at the checkout.

Delivery Charges

All Dies (to 1 UK Mainland Address)

£7.95 GBP
NEXT DAY COURIER

£15.95 GBP
NEXT DAY AM COURIER (By 12pm)

£24.95 GBP
NEXT DAY EARLY AM COURIER (By 10.30pm)

UK Northern Island, Non-Mainland and Offshore Islands

We offer 2 day courier delivery options to all non-mainland locations. Please see your online checkout for a shipping cost calculation.

International Delivery Charges

International charges are calculated at checkout based on your Shipping Country location and the weight/volumetric size of the items in your basket.

International Residential Delivery Charge:

Profoil reserves to right to withhold an order and charge an additional fee for international deliveries to residential addresses. This fee is to cover the £5 GBP charge from our International couriers, both FedEx and DHL to deliver to a residential address. We do and have always tried our very best to be competitive on delivery pricing, but this residential charge is now in addition to a €5 EURO “Brexit EU-UK charge” which all the couriers imposed per consignment from goods moving from the UK into the EU since January 2021.

Together, the residential charge addition means this is almost a £10 GBP fee per delivery to us which we simply cannot absorb any further. We have and are currently continuing to absorb the cost of the single “Brexit EU-UK charge” for customers having deliveries to a Non-residential address.

We will continue to review this position and hope someday soon these additional courier charges Profoil is incurring will be removed. We may amend regular customer online accounts to operate the residential £5 additional charge at checkout.

Handling Charge:

We incorporate a handling charge against each order. Handling is charged at 20% cost of the total shipping cost and is incorporated in the Shipping charge displayed at checkout.

Despatch Schedule:

Orders for delivery within the UK and provided we receive your order by 12.00pm, we will aim to have it packed and shipped the same day*. Orders received after 12.00pm, we will aim to have shipped on the next business day. Orders for delivery outside the UK must be received by 10.30am to have it packed and shipped the same day*.

*Excludes orders for dies. See our Die Ordering Guide for more information on delivery, which super-cedes this information. Also excludes orders for machine parts, we will require 1-2 working days from receipt of order for dispatch.

Lost/Damaged Delivery:

You must inform us within two working days from receipt of goods if your goods are lost, damaged or if there is a discrepancy, so that we can make a prompt claim against the delivery handler and/or correct the problem. Please quote your order number in all correspondence to us.

Legality:

On completion of an order with Profoil, you agree that proof of delivery, supplied by our delivery courier services is sufficient evidence to establish that goods have been received.