Read the undated FLEXcon Classics Plus 22106 sheet for silver polyester construction, ink and converting notes, historical recognition, and current checks. This resource is for manufacturers evaluating custom nameplates, labels, overlays, or related identification components. Use it to prepare your project questions, then talk with our team about the requirements that apply to your part.
The archived FLEXcon Classics Plus 22106 document describes a silver polyester pressure-sensitive stock for nameplates, decals, and labels. Its metallic face, permanent acrylic adhesive, and sheet-form liner create a different set of design questions from a transparent or white film. The two-page PDF is scanned and carries no visible issue date.
Because the record is undated, its value is documentary rather than prescriptive. It shows what FLEXcon reported for product code 22106 at the time the sheet was produced. A present order requires current product identification, current recognition information when relevant, and tests using the intended ink, substrate, and converted part.
The first page calls the facestock an ink-receptive two-mil silver polyester and describes a brilliant metallic look. That appearance can become part of the artwork: unprinted regions may read as metallic, transparent ink can interact with the face, and opaque ink can isolate selected information.
Approve the visual result on the proposed stock rather than on a white paper proof. Include the actual viewing angle, lighting, ink opacity, and required contrast. If a project needs a rigid metal appearance or mechanically mounted part, compare the role with a metal nameplate instead of assuming that silver film and metal are interchangeable.
On page two, FLEXcon’s silver film entry is 50 microns (2.0 mil) with a 10% range. Adhesive thickness is expressed as 25-28 microns, or 1.0-1.1 mil, and a separate 0.1-mil tolerance appears beside it. The sheet liner carries a 170-micron (6.7-mil) value and 10% variation.
Those layers belong together under code 22106 in the archive. Similar color, gauge, or adhesive type does not demonstrate equivalence to a current product.
The supplier says the surface was compatible with most standard non-polyester-based screen-process and offset inks, then directs the user to test the intended ink chemistry. For a screen-printed construction, the trial should evaluate cure, adhesion, opacity, color shift, fine type, and any interaction between the ink and metallic face.
Mark every intentional silver area in the controlled file. If a protective layer is proposed, inspect whether lamination changes gloss or visual depth. The customer’s approval sample should represent the complete print and protection stack, not bare material alone.
A written color name does not fully define a metallic film. Directional reflectance, gloss, surface texture, and lot-to-lot appearance can influence how the silver field is perceived. Establish the viewing conditions and physical reference that will be used for approval.
Inspection should also distinguish cosmetic zones. A hidden mounting margin may allow different handling criteria from a prominent logo field, but that difference must be documented. Packaging interleaves, stack height, and contact with liner backs can matter when broad unprinted silver areas are expected to remain visually clean.
The document describes sheet printing, die cutting, hand dispensing, and hand application. It attributes processing behavior to the adhesive and the stiffness of the two-mil polyester. A present converter still needs to establish sheet flatness, feed, cut depth, matrix removal, liner integrity, and finished-part handling on actual equipment.
Metallic films can make scratches, scuffs, edge defects, or surface contamination visually conspicuous. Plan protective handling from printing through cutting and packaging. If several marked pieces belong to one machine, coordinated label sets can keep versions together, subject to approved packing instructions.
The historical page lists ultimate peel-adhesion ranges of 60 to 87 ounces per inch on stainless steel, 53 to 75 on acrylic plastic, and 17 to 33 on polypropylene. Those ranges came from the sheet’s test program and do not predict a different grade, coating, texture, cleaning process, or finished geometry.
The lower reported range on polypropylene is a useful warning against describing the adhesive as universally suitable. Identify the exact substrate, including additives and finish where known, then apply converted samples using the planned preparation, pressure, temperature, and dwell.
The document rates basic cleaners, gasoline, and water as excellent and toluene as good. It also says dimensional stability was evaluated on aluminum after heat aging and reports no shrinkage observed. These words are not freestanding exposure guarantees.
A customer test plan should specify the actual fluid, concentration, contact pattern, temperature, wipe method, recovery, and acceptance criteria. Printed graphics and any overlaminate may respond differently from the unprinted stock evaluated in a supplier test.
Storage is described as two years when held at 70 F and 50% relative humidity. Elsewhere in that block, the old sheet assigns a 35-hour minimum to shear adhesion, two years to exterior durability, -40 F through 212 F to service, and 50 F to the lowest application temperature.
These fields describe the undated 22106 sheet. They should not become a new drawing requirement or warranty statement without current documentation. Outdoor appearance can be influenced by ink, edge exposure, orientation, sunlight, cleaning, and substrate movement in addition to the face film.
The first page includes historical UL recognition for listed surfaces. It shows aluminum, galvanized steel, stainless steel, alkyd enamel, polyester paint, and acrylic paint from -40 F to 212 F for indoor/outdoor use, while ABS paint is shown from -40 F to 176 F. It also refers to high humidity and occasional water or lubricating-oil exposure.
That table is not evidence that an available product or a finished printed label is currently recognized for the same conditions. Verify the current file, material identity, print system, surface, temperature range, and end-use limitations. The customer’s compliance authority should approve the construction; U.S. Nameplate’s quality standards page does not replace that review.
A useful inquiry includes the finished graphic, intentional metallic zones, dimensions, quantity, substrate, application process, service exposure, print and color requirements, protection, and any customer-defined recognition need. State whether the item is decorative, instructional, or a controlled equipment record such as a rating plate.
For OEM programs, keep model and revision applicability explicit; the OEM industry page adds context for that discipline. Send the current requirements through request consultation. The scanned 22106 sheet can inform the questions while current evidence determines the answer.
The purchase record should retain the approved physical sample, current supplier document, exact code, and any authorized alternate. If appearance is critical, identify the sample by date and revision so “silver” does not become an uncontrolled visual description during a later release.
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