How do they do it?

Back when I did a little saltwater sailing, I was struck by the irony of SS rusting, but pop cans staying intact for years in a marine environment.

I think there's some kind of acrylic coating over top of the printing.

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net...

Ink-jet printing. They use a special ink that is cured with UV.

Leon

Well, if you just want to remove it, 1000°F does the trick. ;)

Even then, it leaves some shmutz stuck to the metal in the pattern of the printing though!

Tim

-- "I've got more trophies than Wayne Gretsky and the Pope combined!" - Homer Simpson Website @

I thought this was a great idea - so I tried it.

Round one - Forgot to remove the soda first. Exploded in my oven. Made one heck of a mess. Clean up costs $15

Round two - Removed the soda and tried again. Melted the can onto the bottom of my oven. Made one heck of a mess. Clean up cost $300

Round three - I decided to write a humorous post about how I tried something I didn't really do based on some advice that I presume was meant in jest because of the malicious simley face.

Regards, Joe Agro, Jr.

V8013

Silk-screening, then a coat of what they called 'varnish'. Saw it on 'How It's Made'. The inside of the can is coated with the same stuff to prevent soda from eating through the paper-thin aluminum. Must be some tough stuff.

Jason

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net...

Here is an interesting article on soda cans and about technology to print on them.

you believe they can print cans at the rate of 2,400 cans a minute?

This article leads me to believe that the varnish they put over the outside printing is different from what is sprayed on the inside to coat the can.

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Thanks! Great stuff.