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A DECORATIVE PLASTIC FINISH PROCESS AND PRODUCT PARTICULARYL FOR USE ON PLASTIC FILM AND SHEETING, ESPECIALLY POLYSTYRENE AND POLYBUTYRATE SHEETING. PLASTIC SHEET OR SHAPED ARTICLES AND FIRST METALLIZED E.G. BY VACUUM DEPOSITE TO DEPOSITE A THIN, ADHERENT LAYER OF METAL, FOR EXAMPLE ALUMINUM, ON THE PLASTIC SURFACE. THE METALLIZED PLASTIC IS THEN PRINTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DEPENDING ON THE D8SESIRED ON CONFIGURATION WITH A TRANSPARENT INK BY MEANS DESIRED CONFIGURATION WITH A TRANSPARENT INK BY MEANS AIR DRYING OVEN, THE PRINTED SURFACE CAN BE OVERPRINTED WITH ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF TRANSPARENT INK, IF DESIRED, BY THE SAME METHOD. EACH PRINTING OF TRANSPARENT INK IS THROUGHLY DRIED BEFORE EACH OVERPRINTING. BY A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, A FINAL COAT OF CLEAR LACQUER IS APPLIED AND OVEN DRIED. THE DECORATIVE PLASTIC PRODUCT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A PLASTIC SUBSTRATE, A FIRST LAYER OF METAL, AT LEAST ONE OVERLAYER OF TRANSPARENT INK COVERING AT LEAST A PART OF THE FIRST METALLIZED LAYER, AND, PREFERABLY, A FINAL FINISH COAT OF CLEAR LACQUER TO PROTECT AND SEAL THE SURFACE. THE RESULTING SURFACE IS HIGHLY BRILLIANT AND LUSTROUS DUE TO THE REFLECTIVE QUALITY OF THE METALLIZING LAYER PENETRATING AND SHINING THROUGH THE APPLIED TRANSPARENT INKS AND CLEAR LACQUER COAT. |