Wine Glasses As Corporate Gifts - Engraving Vs. Imprinting

Wine Glasses as Corporate Gifts - Engraving vs

. Imprinting

Traditionally, wine glasses have been decorated with monograms, commemorative names and date, for weddings and anniversaries and more recently corporate logos. There are many types of decorating processes that can be used to logo a product or add a name and date. The most popular is engraving or etching, which is normally accomplished by covering the wine glass with a mask or film pattern, then sand, is blown against the surface. Wherever the glass is not protected by the masked pattern, it becomes etched or engraved as the sand strikes the surface.

Wine glasses normally are engraved when the value of the glass is above $5.00 and in smaller quantities or as special corporate gifts. In the case of weddings, and larger events like wine tastings, banquets and holiday parties, wine glasses can also be imprinted with ink which is a less expensive method of decoration, which is why it is used to decorate less expensive stemware and at times when it is necessary to decorate a large number of glasses with an identical logo or message. As part of the imprinting process the stemware is heat treated to permanently bond the ink to the stemware in the same manner as imprinting ceramic coffee cups.

It is important to note that most commercial stemware decorators have a special color ink that is used for imprinting stemware to look like it is engraved or frosted. This method is very popular for decorating stemware for events and gives the stemware an upscale look. Because the process is priced per color it also allows the wine glass to be decorated on both sides at no extra charge, one for the event name and the other side for a date or sponsor logo or name. This process is also called satin imprinting or satin etch, even though it is not actually etching or engraving the wine glasses.

If this information was of interest to you, and you would like to learn more about using wine glasses and wine decanters as a corporate recognition award or promotional item and learn how to save hundreds of dollars on your next custom wine glass project please visit: http://www.corporategiftsandflowers.com/wine_glasses

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by: Corporate Gift Girl

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